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Homes in Levittown
Levittown is a city of houses: of its 17,292 homes, 93% are detached, 1% are townhouses and other attached houses and 5% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 55% of homes standing today; 2% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1952. Owners live in 92% of homes.
Of the 17 New York cities we have census figures for, Levittown has the highest share of older homes and the smallest share of apartments. In Hempstead, 6 miles away, 53% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Levittown's homes are older than those in 100% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 95% 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.
Plaster walls and deep casings
40% 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.
Replacement windows
55% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
Whole-house orders
With 93% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street, and if you have an HOA, send it the drawings before you order.
Levittown weather and your shutters
At Wantagh Cedar Creek, NY (5 mi away), July averages a high of 85.1°F and January a low of 27.5°F. Average highs reach 85°F in July and average lows sit at or below freezing from January to February.
About 9 days a year reach 90°F, 77 nights fall to freezing and 42.8 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more freezing nights than in 58% 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, Wantagh Cedar Creek, NY (temperature) and Wantagh Cedar Creek, NY (precipitation, 5 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41.8°F | 27.5°F | 3.3 in |
| Feb | 43.6°F | 28.8°F | 2.8 in |
| Mar | 49.9°F | 34.7°F | 4.1 in |
| Apr | 59.6°F | 43°F | 3.8 in |
| May | 69.6°F | 52.9°F | 3.3 in |
| Jun | 79.4°F | 62.6°F | 3.8 in |
| Jul | 85.1°F | 68.7°F | 3.2 in |
| Aug | 83.6°F | 67.7°F | 3.7 in |
| Sep | 77.6°F | 60.7°F | 3.6 in |
| Oct | 66.8°F | 49.8°F | 3.7 in |
| Nov | 55.7°F | 39.9°F | 3.1 in |
| Dec | 46.9°F | 32.9°F | 4.4 in |
Fitting them in Levittown
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 Levittown
- Hempstead 6 mi
- New Rochelle 20 mi
- Mount Vernon 21 mi
- New York 23 mi
- Yonkers 24 mi
- White Plains 24 mi
More about shutters in Levittown
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Levittown’s own figures.
Price your windows
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