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Homes in Gresham
Gresham's 44,005 homes are a mix: 53% detached houses, 38% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 6% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 44% of homes standing today; 21% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1981. 56% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Portland, 11 miles away, 63% of homes were built before 1980, so Gresham's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Gresham's homes are newer than those in 51% 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.
Replacement windows
44% 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.
Apartments and condos
38% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 48% 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.
A whole house in Gresham
The most common home in Gresham has three bedrooms: 38% of homes. 19% have four bedrooms or more, and 14% have one or none. The median home has 5.2 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 1% of the median home value here, $458,700 (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 windowsYoung children at home
6.7% of people in Gresham are under five, more than in 81% 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.
Gresham weather and your shutters
At Portland Troutdale AP, OR (4 mi away), August averages a high of 82.3°F and December a low of 37.2°F. No month averages a high above 85°F or a low below freezing.
About 16 days a year reach 90°F, 28 nights fall to freezing and 40.7 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, Portland Troutdale AP, OR (temperature) and Portland Troutdale AP, OR (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46.7°F | 37.3°F | 5 in |
| Feb | 51°F | 37.7°F | 3.7 in |
| Mar | 56.7°F | 40°F | 4.4 in |
| Apr | 61.7°F | 43.2°F | 3.6 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 48.9°F | 2.9 in |
| Jun | 74°F | 53°F | 2.1 in |
| Jul | 81.6°F | 56.8°F | 0.6 in |
| Aug | 82.3°F | 56.9°F | 0.6 in |
| Sep | 76.4°F | 52.4°F | 1.8 in |
| Oct | 64.1°F | 46.4°F | 4 in |
| Nov | 52.6°F | 41.6°F | 5.8 in |
| Dec | 46°F | 37.2°F | 6.2 in |
Fitting them in Gresham
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 Gresham
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Gresham’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Gresham
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Gresham 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.