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Homes in Orem
Orem's 32,835 homes are a mix: 51% detached houses, 36% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 12% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 35% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 36% are older than that and 29% newer. The median home dates from 1989. 58% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Provo, 4 miles away, 50% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Orem's homes are newer than those in 69% 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
64% 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.
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 Orem
The most common home in Orem has four or more bedrooms: 44% of homes. Large houses are common too: 44% 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, $472,300 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 93% 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 windowsYoung children at home
7.2% of people in Orem are under five, more than in 92% 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.
Pricing a whole house at once
44% 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.
Working from home
16% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 62% 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.
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.
Orem weather and your shutters
At Orem Trtmt Plt, UT (2 mi away), July averages a high of 92.5°F and January a low of 20.3°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to February.
About 56 days a year reach 90°F, 108 nights fall to freezing and 17.2 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in July.
That's more 90°F days than in 60% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 3 min on the longest day to 9 h 18 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 73° above the horizon in June and 26° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Orem Trtmt Plt, UT (temperature) and Provo Byu, UT (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37.5°F | 20.3°F | 2 in |
| Feb | 44.6°F | 25.6°F | 1.6 in |
| Mar | 55.5°F | 33.3°F | 1.6 in |
| Apr | 64°F | 39.3°F | 1.9 in |
| May | 73.9°F | 48.1°F | 2 in |
| Jun | 85.7°F | 56.7°F | 0.9 in |
| Jul | 92.5°F | 63.9°F | 0.5 in |
| Aug | 89.6°F | 62.4°F | 0.7 in |
| Sep | 80°F | 52.3°F | 1.2 in |
| Oct | 65.3°F | 40.2°F | 1.6 in |
| Nov | 49.4°F | 29.9°F | 1.4 in |
| Dec | 38.2°F | 22°F | 1.8 in |
Cold winters
With 108 freezing nights a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.
Fitting them in Orem
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 Orem
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Orem’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Orem
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Orem 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.