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Homes in Cary
Cary's 73,795 homes are a mix: 59% detached houses, 26% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 14% townhouses and other attached houses.
Much of Cary is new: 49% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 12% before 1980. The median home dates from 1999. 67% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Apex, 5 miles away, 16% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Cary's homes are newer than those in 91% 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.
Shallow openings
49% of homes were built in 2000 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Rounded drywall corners
88% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.
A whole house in Cary
The most common home in Cary has four or more bedrooms: 41% of homes. Large houses are common too: 41% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 6.6 rooms.
Detached houses are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among detached houses has 10 to 15 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $3,200 to $6,000. For scale, that's about 0.8% of the median home value here, $580,200 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 90% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, so a whole-house order runs to more windows than most.
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 home10–15 windows
All of them shuttered$3,200 to $6,000
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 windowsWorking from home
37% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in any other of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Pricing a whole house at once
41% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
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.
Cary weather and your shutters
At Apex, NC (3 mi away), July averages a high of 89°F and January a low of 30.9°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August and average lows sit at or below freezing in January.
About 41 days a year reach 90°F, 67 nights fall to freezing and 50.4 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 50% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 35 min on the longest day to 9 h 44 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 78° above the horizon in June and 31° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Apex, NC (temperature) and Cary 0.5 NW, NC (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50.9°F | 30.9°F | 3.6 in |
| Feb | 54.4°F | 32.6°F | 3 in |
| Mar | 61.9°F | 39.1°F | 4.1 in |
| Apr | 71.6°F | 47.6°F | 3.7 in |
| May | 78.7°F | 56.7°F | 4.1 in |
| Jun | 85.7°F | 65.2°F | 5 in |
| Jul | 89°F | 69.4°F | 5.4 in |
| Aug | 87.4°F | 67.7°F | 4.6 in |
| Sep | 81.5°F | 61.7°F | 6 in |
| Oct | 71.8°F | 49.5°F | 3.6 in |
| Nov | 62.2°F | 39.5°F | 3.5 in |
| Dec | 53.9°F | 34.1°F | 3.8 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 50.4 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Fitting them in Cary
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 Cary
- Apex 5 mi
- Raleigh 11 mi
- Durham 14 mi
- Chapel Hill 16 mi
- Wake Forest 22 mi
- Burlington 42 mi
More about shutters in Cary
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Cary’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Cary
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Cary 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
Pick your look once, add every window, and see each one drawn and priced. Send it to us and we reply with your quote.