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Homes in Pasadena
Pasadena's 53,756 homes are a mix: 58% detached houses, 36% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 2% townhouses and other attached houses.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 51% of homes standing today; 17% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1977. 54% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby League City, 12 miles away, 14% of homes were built before 1980, so Pasadena's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Pasadena's homes are older than those in 60% 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.
Replacement windows
51% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
Out-of-square openings
With 57% 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.
Apartments and condos
36% 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.
A whole house in Pasadena
The most common home in Pasadena has three bedrooms: 40% of homes. 18% have four bedrooms or more, and 19% have one or none. The median home has 5.1 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 2.2% of the median home value here, $209,600 (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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 86% 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
7.3% of people in Pasadena are under five, more than in 94% 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.
Pasadena weather and your shutters
At Houston Hobby AP, TX (8 mi away), August averages a high of 93.5°F and January a low of 46.1°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to September.
About 101 days a year reach 90°F, 4 nights fall to freezing and 57.2 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 83% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 3 min on the longest day to 10 h 14 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 84° above the horizon in June and 37° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Houston Hobby AP, TX (temperature) and Pasadena 4.4 Wnw, TX (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63.8°F | 46.1°F | 4 in |
| Feb | 67.6°F | 50.1°F | 3.2 in |
| Mar | 73.4°F | 55.9°F | 3.6 in |
| Apr | 79.3°F | 61.8°F | 4.2 in |
| May | 85.9°F | 69.3°F | 5.6 in |
| Jun | 91°F | 74.9°F | 5.7 in |
| Jul | 92.9°F | 76.6°F | 4.7 in |
| Aug | 93.5°F | 76.7°F | 5.8 in |
| Sep | 89.3°F | 72.9°F | 5.9 in |
| Oct | 82.1°F | 63.9°F | 5.6 in |
| Nov | 72.6°F | 54°F | 4.5 in |
| Dec | 65.7°F | 48°F | 4.4 in |
Summer sun
On the 101 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 57.2 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 Pasadena
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 Pasadena
- League City 12 mi
- Pearland 12 mi
- Baytown 14 mi
- Houston 17 mi
- Texas City 22 mi
- Atascocita 22 mi
More about shutters in Pasadena
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Pasadena’s own figures.
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Price your windows
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