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Homes in Johnson City
Johnson City's 33,360 homes are a mix: 53% detached houses, 38% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 5% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 32% of homes standing today; 27% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1983. 51% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 15 Tennessee cities we have census figures for, Johnson City has the third-highest share of apartments. In nearby Kingsport, 15 miles away, 57% of homes were built before 1980, so Johnson City's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Johnson City's homes are newer than those in 54% 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
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 46% 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 Johnson City
The most common home in Johnson City has two bedrooms: 33% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 33%. 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 1.7% of the median home value here, $268,200 (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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 74% 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.
Johnson City weather and your shutters
At Elizabethton, TN (7 mi away), July averages a high of 85.5°F and January a low of 25.5°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to February.
About 17 days a year reach 90°F, 94 nights fall to freezing and 48.6 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Tennessee cities we have climate normals for, Johnson City has the second-most freezing days.
That's more freezing nights than in 66% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 38 min on the longest day to 9 h 41 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, Elizabethton, TN (temperature) and Gray 1.5 E, TN (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46.2°F | 25.5°F | 4 in |
| Feb | 50.4°F | 28.1°F | 4 in |
| Mar | 58.9°F | 34.2°F | 4.5 in |
| Apr | 69°F | 41.9°F | 4.4 in |
| May | 76.6°F | 51.8°F | 4.1 in |
| Jun | 82.9°F | 59.6°F | 4.4 in |
| Jul | 85.5°F | 63.5°F | 5.3 in |
| Aug | 85°F | 62.3°F | 3.9 in |
| Sep | 80.1°F | 55.6°F | 3.7 in |
| Oct | 70°F | 44°F | 2.7 in |
| Nov | 58.5°F | 33.3°F | 3.2 in |
| Dec | 49.5°F | 28.8°F | 4.4 in |
Cold winters
With 94 freezing nights a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.
Wet months
48.6 inches of precipitation a year keeps the air damp for long stretches. Steam and condensation are hard on any joint, so in kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms keep the air moving and wipe water off the sill before it sits.
Fitting them in Johnson City
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 Johnson City
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Johnson City’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Johnson City
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Johnson City 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.