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Homes in Clarksville
Clarksville is a city of houses: of its 72,320 homes, 67% are detached, 5% are townhouses and other attached houses and 25% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Clarksville is new: 45% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 26% before 1980. The median home dates from 1997. 56% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Nashville, 42 miles away, 41% of homes were built before 1980, so Clarksville's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Clarksville's homes are newer than those in 80% 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
45% 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
74% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 67% 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.
A whole house in Clarksville
The most common home in Clarksville has three bedrooms: 47% of homes. 21% have four bedrooms or more, and 6% 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 1.7% of the median home value here, $263,600 (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
8.1% of people in Clarksville are under five, more than in 98% 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.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 75% 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.
Clarksville weather and your shutters
At Clarksville Wwtp, TN (1 mi away), July averages a high of 89.9°F and January a low of 27.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to February.
About 57 days a year reach 90°F, 79 nights fall to freezing and 53.6 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 60% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 40 min on the longest day to 9 h 39 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 77° above the horizon in June and 30° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Clarksville Wwtp, TN (temperature) and Clarksville Wwtp, TN (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46.8°F | 27.8°F | 4 in |
| Feb | 51.6°F | 30.6°F | 4.5 in |
| Mar | 61.2°F | 38°F | 4.8 in |
| Apr | 71.8°F | 47°F | 5 in |
| May | 79.4°F | 56.8°F | 5.6 in |
| Jun | 86.6°F | 65°F | 4.7 in |
| Jul | 89.9°F | 69°F | 4.6 in |
| Aug | 89.6°F | 67.4°F | 3.7 in |
| Sep | 83.6°F | 59.8°F | 3.4 in |
| Oct | 72.3°F | 47.7°F | 4.3 in |
| Nov | 59.7°F | 37.1°F | 4.1 in |
| Dec | 50.1°F | 31.1°F | 4.9 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 53.6 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 Clarksville
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 Clarksville
- Nashville 42 mi
- Hendersonville 45 mi
- Franklin 53 mi
- Bowling Green 58 mi
- Smyrna 62 mi
- Spring Hill 62 mi
More about shutters in Clarksville
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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.