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Homes in Brownsville
Brownsville is a city of houses: of its 64,878 homes, 68% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 24% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Brownsville is new: 42% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 29% before 1980. The median home dates from 1995. 62% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Its housing is much like Harlingen's, 19 miles away. Nationally, Brownsville's homes are newer than those in 75% 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
42% 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
71% 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 68% 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.
Brownsville weather and your shutters
At Wfo Brownsville, TX (6 mi away), August averages a high of 94.3°F and January a low of 50.5°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.
About 135 days a year reach 90°F, 0 nights fall to freezing and 28.7 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around September and least in January.
That's more 90°F days than in 96% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 46 min on the longest day to 10 h 31 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 87° above the horizon in June and 41° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Wfo Brownsville, TX (temperature) and Brownsville 3.5 N, TX (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 70.4°F | 50.5°F | 1.2 in |
| Feb | 74.6°F | 55.1°F | 1.3 in |
| Mar | 78.2°F | 60.5°F | 1.4 in |
| Apr | 84.6°F | 66.8°F | 1.6 in |
| May | 87.2°F | 72.9°F | 2.1 in |
| Jun | 91.7°F | 75.7°F | 3.2 in |
| Jul | 91.9°F | 76.4°F | 3.3 in |
| Aug | 94.3°F | 77°F | 2.3 in |
| Sep | 89.7°F | 73.2°F | 5.8 in |
| Oct | 85.3°F | 67.3°F | 3.1 in |
| Nov | 77.6°F | 58.7°F | 1.8 in |
| Dec | 71.8°F | 52.6°F | 1.6 in |
Months of hard sun
With 135 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Fitting them in Brownsville
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 Brownsville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Brownsville’s own figures.
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.