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Homes in Greenville
Apartments outnumber houses in Greenville: 52% of its 45,767 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 32% and townhouses and other attached houses 15%.
Much of Greenville is new: 44% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 27% before 1980. The median home dates from 1996. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 33%.
Of the 22 North Carolina cities we have census figures for, Greenville has the highest share of apartments. In Rocky Mount, 35 miles away, 26% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Greenville's homes are newer than those in 78% 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
52% 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.
Shallow openings
44% 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.
Renting?
67% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
73% 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 Greenville
The most common home in Greenville has three bedrooms: 36% of homes. 13% have four bedrooms or more, and 20% have one or none. The median home has 4.6 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 0.6% of the median home value here, $233,500 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are smaller than in 83% 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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 81% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and many owners do a house in stages. Start with the rooms where light and privacy matter most, usually bedrooms and the street-facing front, and keep the same louver size and colour so later rooms match. Your saved design keeps every size.
Young children at home
6.4% of people in Greenville are under five, more than in 72% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
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.
Greenville weather and your shutters
At Greenville, NC (4 mi away), July averages a high of 90.4°F and January a low of 33°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August.
About 53 days a year reach 90°F, 54 nights fall to freezing and 51.1 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 57% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 34 min on the longest day to 9 h 45 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, Greenville, NC (temperature) and Greenville 1.4 SE, NC (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 53.2°F | 33°F | 3.6 in |
| Feb | 56.9°F | 34.9°F | 3.3 in |
| Mar | 64°F | 41.1°F | 3.9 in |
| Apr | 73.5°F | 50°F | 3.6 in |
| May | 80.5°F | 58.8°F | 4.2 in |
| Jun | 87.4°F | 67.2°F | 4.5 in |
| Jul | 90.4°F | 71.3°F | 5.7 in |
| Aug | 88.4°F | 69.7°F | 5.5 in |
| Sep | 83.1°F | 64.2°F | 6.3 in |
| Oct | 74.1°F | 51.9°F | 4.1 in |
| Nov | 64.2°F | 41.2°F | 3 in |
| Dec | 56.4°F | 35.4°F | 3.4 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 51.1 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 Greenville
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 Greenville
- Rocky Mount 35 mi
- Jacksonville 60 mi
- Wake Forest 69 mi
- Raleigh 73 mi
- Cary 83 mi
- Apex 85 mi
More about shutters in Greenville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Greenville’s own figures.
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Price your windows
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