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Homes in Smyrna
Smyrna is a city of houses: of its 21,051 homes, 61% are detached, 8% are townhouses and other attached houses and 28% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Smyrna is new: 51% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 21% before 1980. The median home dates from 2000. 57% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Murfreesboro, 10 miles away, 37% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Smyrna's homes are newer than those in 84% 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
51% 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
79% 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 61% 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 Smyrna
The most common home in Smyrna has three bedrooms: 48% of homes. 18% have four bedrooms or more, and 9% 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 1.3% of the median home value here, $358,300 (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
7% of people in Smyrna are under five, more than in 89% 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.
Smyrna weather and your shutters
At Smyrna 6S, TN (4 mi away), August averages a high of 90°F and January a low of 26.4°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, 102 nights fall to freezing and 55 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Tennessee cities we have climate normals for, Smyrna has the most freezing days.
That's more 90°F days than in 60% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 36 min on the longest day to 9 h 43 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 77° above the horizon in June and 31° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Smyrna 6S, TN (temperature) and Smyrna 3.0 Ese, TN (precipitation, 3 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48.1°F | 26.4°F | 4.3 in |
| Feb | 52.3°F | 28.8°F | 4.6 in |
| Mar | 61.3°F | 35°F | 5.1 in |
| Apr | 71.3°F | 43.8°F | 5.1 in |
| May | 79°F | 52.8°F | 5.3 in |
| Jun | 86.2°F | 61.3°F | 4.9 in |
| Jul | 89.7°F | 65.7°F | 5.1 in |
| Aug | 90°F | 64°F | 4.3 in |
| Sep | 84.6°F | 56.4°F | 4.1 in |
| Oct | 73.3°F | 44°F | 3.3 in |
| Nov | 60.8°F | 33.4°F | 3.7 in |
| Dec | 51.5°F | 29.6°F | 5.2 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 55 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.
Cold winters
With 102 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.
Fitting them in Smyrna
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 Smyrna
- Murfreesboro 10 mi
- Franklin 19 mi
- Nashville 21 mi
- Hendersonville 24 mi
- Spring Hill 27 mi
- Clarksville 62 mi
More about shutters in Smyrna
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