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Homes in Everett
Everett's 47,689 homes are a mix: 44% detached houses, 47% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 6% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 31% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 48% are older than that and 21% newer. The median home dates from 1981. 49% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Marysville, 8 miles away, 18% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Everett's homes are older than those in 50% 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.
Apartments and condos
47% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 48% 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.
Plaster walls and deep casings
20% of homes date from before 1950, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
A whole house in Everett
The most common home in Everett has two bedrooms: 34% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 30%. The median home has 4.7 rooms.
Apartments are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among apartments in buildings of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $900 to $2,000. For scale, that's about 0.3% of the median home value here, $565,300 (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 home3–5 windows
All of them shuttered$900 to $2,000
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 windowsOlder homes, high values
Owners here value their homes higher than in 74% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and 48% of homes were built before 1980. If an older house still has good wood shutters, repair them before you replace them; if not, poplar painted to match the trim suits original casings.
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.
Everett weather and your shutters
At Everett, WA (1 mi away), August averages a high of 75.7°F and December a low of 34.1°F. No month averages a high above 85°F or a low below freezing.
About 1 days a year reach 90°F, 51 nights fall to freezing and 41.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around December and least in August.
Daylight runs from 16 h 2 min on the longest day to 8 h 22 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 65° above the horizon in June and 19° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Everett, WA (temperature) and Everett 1.0 S, WA (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47.9°F | 34.6°F | 5.5 in |
| Feb | 50.4°F | 34.5°F | 3.9 in |
| Mar | 54.5°F | 37.2°F | 4 in |
| Apr | 59.6°F | 41.4°F | 3.3 in |
| May | 65.8°F | 47°F | 2.6 in |
| Jun | 69.8°F | 51.8°F | 3 in |
| Jul | 74.8°F | 55.3°F | 1.2 in |
| Aug | 75.7°F | 55.2°F | 1.1 in |
| Sep | 70.4°F | 49.6°F | 2.2 in |
| Oct | 60.7°F | 43.3°F | 3.8 in |
| Nov | 52.4°F | 37.6°F | 5.6 in |
| Dec | 46.7°F | 34.1°F | 5.7 in |
Fitting them in Everett
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 Everett
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Everett’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Everett
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Everett 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.