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Homes in Bryan
Bryan's 37,238 homes are a mix: 55% detached houses, 34% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 4% townhouses and other attached houses.
Much of Bryan is new: 39% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 33% before 1980. The median home dates from 1991. 51% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby College Station, 7 miles away, 18% of homes were built before 1980, so Bryan's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Bryan's homes are newer than those in 73% 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.
Manufactured homes
7% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes, whose windows usually sit in thin walls with little depth inside the opening. An outside mount on a frame is the reliable choice there, fixed into the framing around the window rather than the thin wall panel.
Shallow openings
39% 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
67% 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.
A whole house in Bryan
The most common home in Bryan has three bedrooms: 41% of homes. 16% have four bedrooms or more, and 15% have one or none. The median home has 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 2% of the median home value here, $227,800 (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 83% 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.
Young children at home
6.8% of people in Bryan are under five, more than in 84% 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.
Bryan weather and your shutters
At College Stn, TX (6 mi away), August averages a high of 96.6°F and January a low of 41.3°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to September.
About 117 days a year reach 90°F, 16 nights fall to freezing and 41.7 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 92% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 8 min on the longest day to 10 h 10 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 83° above the horizon in June and 36° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, College Stn, TX (temperature) and College Stn, TX (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61.7°F | 41.3°F | 3.4 in |
| Feb | 65.5°F | 45.1°F | 2.9 in |
| Mar | 72.5°F | 51.7°F | 3.4 in |
| Apr | 79.2°F | 58.1°F | 2.9 in |
| May | 86.3°F | 66.4°F | 4.6 in |
| Jun | 92.2°F | 73°F | 4 in |
| Jul | 95.4°F | 74.9°F | 2 in |
| Aug | 96.6°F | 74.7°F | 3.1 in |
| Sep | 91.2°F | 70°F | 3.5 in |
| Oct | 81.9°F | 60.2°F | 4.9 in |
| Nov | 71.1°F | 49.8°F | 3.3 in |
| Dec | 63.4°F | 42.8°F | 3.7 in |
Summer sun
On the 117 days a year above 90°F, closed louvers keep direct sun off the glass and out of the room. In a window that takes afternoon sun, white and light paint finishes stay cooler to the touch than dark stains.
Humid summers
Hot days and 41.7 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 Bryan
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 Bryan
- College Station 7 mi
- Conroe 58 mi
- The Woodlands 62 mi
- Temple 67 mi
- Spring 73 mi
- Pflugerville 74 mi
More about shutters in Bryan
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Price your windows
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