Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in West New York
Homes in West New York
Apartments outnumber houses in West New York: 89% of its 21,736 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 5% and townhouses and other attached houses 6%.
More homes here were built before 1950 than in any later period we count: 33%. Only 21% date from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1966. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 23%.
Of the 19 New Jersey cities we have census figures for, West New York has the third-highest share of apartments. Its housing is much like Union City's, 2 miles away. Nationally, West New York's homes are older than those in 70% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Apartments and condos
89% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.
Renting?
77% of homes are rented. Shutters screw into the window frame or casing, so ask your landlord before you install; taking them down later leaves only screw holes to fill.
Plaster walls and deep casings
33% of homes date from before 1950, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
Out-of-square openings
With 64% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
A whole house in West New York
The most common home in West New York has two bedrooms: 39% of homes. Small homes are a big part of the mix: 41% have one bedroom or none. The median home has 3.7 rooms.
Apartments are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among apartments in buildings of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $900 to $2,000. For scale, that's about 0.3% of the median home value here, $465,600 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are smaller than in any other of the 881 US cities we have figures for: many orders are a few rooms, not a whole house.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 (bedrooms B25041, rooms B25018, value B25077); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home3–5 windows
All of them shuttered$900 to $2,000
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsA few windows and a door
41% of homes here have one bedroom or none, so many orders are a bedroom window, a living room window and a balcony door. Sliding doors take bypass or bifold panels; check your building's rules on what shows from outside first.
Ages (B01001), working from home (B08301) and value (B25077): U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Rankings compare the US cities we have figures for.
West New York weather and your shutters
At New York Cntrl PK Twr, NY (2 mi away), July averages a high of 84.9°F and January a low of 27.9°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from January to February.
About 17 days a year reach 90°F, 67 nights fall to freezing and 49.6 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more freezing nights than in 55% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 6 min on the longest day to 9 h 15 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 73° above the horizon in June and 26° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, New York Cntrl PK Twr, NY (temperature) and New York Cntrl PK Twr, NY (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39.5°F | 27.9°F | 3.6 in |
| Feb | 42.2°F | 29.5°F | 3.2 in |
| Mar | 49.9°F | 35.8°F | 4.3 in |
| Apr | 61.8°F | 45.5°F | 4.1 in |
| May | 71.4°F | 55°F | 4 in |
| Jun | 79.7°F | 64.4°F | 4.5 in |
| Jul | 84.9°F | 70.1°F | 4.6 in |
| Aug | 83.3°F | 68.9°F | 4.6 in |
| Sep | 76.2°F | 62.3°F | 4.3 in |
| Oct | 64.5°F | 51.4°F | 4.4 in |
| Nov | 54°F | 42°F | 3.6 in |
| Dec | 44.3°F | 33.8°F | 4.4 in |
Wet months
49.6 inches of precipitation a year keeps the air damp for long stretches. Steam and condensation are hard on any joint, so in kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms keep the air moving and wipe water off the sill before it sits.
Fitting them in West New York
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near West New York
- Union City 2 mi
- Hoboken 3 mi
- Jersey City 6 mi
- Passaic 8 mi
- New York 9 mi
- Clifton 9 mi
More about shutters in West New York
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using West New York’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in West New York
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in West New York can sell or refer Shutter Boys shutters: dealers buy at trade pricing with a protected area; referral partners earn a fee on each client they send. No fee to join.
Price your windows
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