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Homes in Aloha
Aloha is a city of houses: of its 19,436 homes, 71% are detached, 13% are townhouses and other attached houses and 16% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 41% of homes standing today; 26% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1984. 67% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 13 Oregon cities we have census figures for, Aloha has the smallest share of apartments. In Beaverton, 3 miles away, 47% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Aloha's homes are newer than those in 58% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 71% 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.
Replacement windows
41% 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.
A whole house in Aloha
The most common home in Aloha has three bedrooms: 54% of homes. 21% have four bedrooms or more, and 4% have one or none. The median home has 5.5 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 0.9% of the median home value here, $484,400 (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 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
22% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 79% 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.
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.
Aloha weather and your shutters
At Nature Park-Beaverton, OR (2 mi away), August averages a high of 81.9°F and December a low of 39.6°F. No month averages a high above 85°F or a low below freezing.
About 15 days a year reach 90°F, 10 nights fall to freezing and 39.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around December and least in July.
Daylight runs from 15 h 41 min on the longest day to 8 h 42 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 68° above the horizon in June and 21° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Nature Park-Beaverton, OR (temperature) and Nature Park-Beaverton, OR (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49.7°F | 40.4°F | 5.5 in |
| Feb | 54.3°F | 40.2°F | 4.3 in |
| Mar | 57.9°F | 41.9°F | 4.1 in |
| Apr | 63°F | 44.7°F | 3 in |
| May | 69.8°F | 49.6°F | 2.2 in |
| Jun | 73.3°F | 53.2°F | 1.7 in |
| Jul | 80.7°F | 56.5°F | 0.5 in |
| Aug | 81.9°F | 56.9°F | 0.5 in |
| Sep | 75.9°F | 52.5°F | 1.4 in |
| Oct | 64.8°F | 47.2°F | 3.9 in |
| Nov | 54.7°F | 42.7°F | 5.9 in |
| Dec | 48.6°F | 39.6°F | 6.3 in |
Dry summers, wet winters
Barely any of the year's precipitation falls in June, July and August; most comes in the cool months. Wood takes on moisture in the wet season and gives it back in the dry one, so expect the panels to feel slightly tighter in winter than in summer. Fit them in the season you're in, and leave the hinge screws a quarter turn from tight until they've been through both.
Fitting them in Aloha
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.
More about shutters in Aloha
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Aloha’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Aloha
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Aloha 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.