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Homes in Texas City
Texas City is a city of houses: of its 23,618 homes, 69% are detached, 2% are townhouses and other attached houses and 28% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 39% of homes standing today; 34% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1984. 57% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby League City, 14 miles away, 14% of homes were built before 1980, so Texas City's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Texas City's homes are newer than those in 56% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 69% 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.
Shallow openings
34% 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.
Replacement windows
39% 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.
A whole house in Texas City
The most common home in Texas City has three bedrooms: 37% of homes. 23% have four bedrooms or more, and 15% have one or none. The median home has 5.3 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 2.1% of the median home value here, $217,300 (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 windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 84% 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
6.2% of people in Texas City are under five, more than in 65% 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.
Texas City weather and your shutters
At Galveston, TX (10 mi away), August averages a high of 90.5°F and January a low of 48.4°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to September.
About 57 days a year reach 90°F, 3 nights fall to freezing and 62.8 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around September and least in February.
That's more 90°F days than in 60% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 2 min on the longest day to 10 h 15 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, Galveston, TX (temperature) and LA Marque 1.8 E, TX (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62.5°F | 48.4°F | 5.3 in |
| Feb | 65.3°F | 51.4°F | 2.7 in |
| Mar | 70.3°F | 58.4°F | 3.4 in |
| Apr | 76.1°F | 62.6°F | 3.9 in |
| May | 82.8°F | 72.4°F | 4.6 in |
| Jun | 87.9°F | 77.3°F | 6 in |
| Jul | 89.7°F | 80.1°F | 5.4 in |
| Aug | 90.5°F | 79.2°F | 6.2 in |
| Sep | 88.6°F | 75.5°F | 8.7 in |
| Oct | 81°F | 67.5°F | 5.9 in |
| Nov | 71.5°F | 58.3°F | 4.3 in |
| Dec | 65.4°F | 49.8°F | 6.4 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 62.8 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 Texas City
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 Texas City
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Texas City’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Texas City
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Texas City can sell or refer Shutter Boys shutters: dealers buy at trade pricing with a protected area; referral partners earn a fee on each client they send. No fee to join.
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.