Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in Grand Forks
Homes in Grand Forks
Apartments outnumber houses in Grand Forks: 51% of its 28,129 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 37% and townhouses and other attached houses 10%.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 33% of homes standing today; 31% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1984. 46% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 3 North Dakota cities we have census figures for, Grand Forks has the highest share of older homes and the second-highest share of apartments. In nearby Fargo, 74 miles away, 37% of homes were built before 1980, so Grand Forks's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Grand Forks's homes are newer than those in 55% 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
51% 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
31% 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.
A whole house in Grand Forks
The most common home in Grand Forks has two bedrooms: 33% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 26%. The median home has 5 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, $249,900 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
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 77% 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.
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.
Grand Forks weather and your shutters
At Grand Forks Univ (Nws), ND (1 mi away), July averages a high of 80.1°F and January a low of −1.3°F. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to April.
About 7 days a year reach 90°F, 179 nights fall to freezing and 22.8 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in January.
Among the North Dakota cities we have climate normals for, Grand Forks has the second-most hot days.
That's more freezing nights than in any other of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 16 h 2 min on the longest day to 8 h 23 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 66° above the horizon in June and 19° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Grand Forks Univ (Nws), ND (temperature) and Grand Forks Univ (Nws), ND (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.3°F | −1.3°F | 0.5 in |
| Feb | 20.4°F | 2.5°F | 0.6 in |
| Mar | 34°F | 16.7°F | 0.9 in |
| Apr | 52°F | 31°F | 1.2 in |
| May | 66.5°F | 43.5°F | 3 in |
| Jun | 75.9°F | 54.8°F | 4.1 in |
| Jul | 80.1°F | 58.8°F | 3.6 in |
| Aug | 79.2°F | 56.5°F | 3 in |
| Sep | 69.7°F | 47.4°F | 2.4 in |
| Oct | 53.3°F | 34.5°F | 2 in |
| Nov | 35°F | 19.6°F | 0.8 in |
| Dec | 21°F | 5.8°F | 0.7 in |
Deep cold
January nights average −1.3°F. Closed shutters trap a layer of still air against the glass, which keeps the room warmer, but the glass behind them gets colder too, and frost can form on the inside of older windows. Tilt the louvers open in the morning to let room air reach the glass, and wipe the sill if water collects.
Fitting them in Grand Forks
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 Grand Forks
- Fargo 74 mi
More about shutters in Grand Forks
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Grand Forks’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Grand Forks
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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.