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Homes in Plano
Plano's 117,686 homes are a mix: 60% detached houses, 36% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 4% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 50% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 18% are older than that and 31% newer. The median home dates from 1993. 57% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Allen, 6 miles away, 24% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Plano's homes are newer than those in 87% 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.
Rounded drywall corners
82% 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.
Shallow openings
31% 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.
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 Plano
The most common home in Plano has four or more bedrooms: 38% of homes. Large houses are common too: 38% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 6.1 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 1% of the median home value here, $465,900 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 86% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, so a whole-house order runs to more windows than most.
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 windowsWorking from home
28% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 91% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Pricing a whole house at once
38% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
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.
Plano weather and your shutters
At Richardson, TX (4 mi away), August averages a high of 94.8°F and January a low of 35.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 93 days a year reach 90°F, 35 nights fall to freezing and 40.8 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 78% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 20 min on the longest day to 9 h 58 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 80° above the horizon in June and 34° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Richardson, TX (temperature) and Plano 2.4 Wsw, TX (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55.9°F | 35.8°F | 2.7 in |
| Feb | 60°F | 39.5°F | 2.9 in |
| Mar | 68.6°F | 47.5°F | 3.7 in |
| Apr | 75.4°F | 54.8°F | 3.5 in |
| May | 82.6°F | 63.6°F | 5 in |
| Jun | 90°F | 71.2°F | 4.2 in |
| Jul | 94.3°F | 75.3°F | 2.2 in |
| Aug | 94.8°F | 74.5°F | 2.1 in |
| Sep | 87.3°F | 67.1°F | 3.1 in |
| Oct | 77.5°F | 56.1°F | 4.9 in |
| Nov | 66.1°F | 45.6°F | 3.1 in |
| Dec | 57.3°F | 38°F | 3.4 in |
Summer sun
On the 93 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 40.8 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 Plano
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 Plano
- Allen 6 mi
- Richardson 6 mi
- Frisco 9 mi
- Carrollton 10 mi
- McKinney 11 mi
- Garland 12 mi
More about shutters in Plano
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Plano’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Plano
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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.