PanelCensus

Solar installations in Boone County, IL

1,073 recorded installations in Boone County, Illinois — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Homes with solar
5.3%
of 20,238 homes
Installations
1,073
Total capacity
62.3 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
53%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.8 hail and 3.7 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 493 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 218% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Boone County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2016
1
10.01%
2019
14
150.07%
2020
168
1830.90%
2021
119
3021.49%
2022
162
4642.29%
2023
245
7093.50%
2024
197
9064.48%
2025
162
1,0685.28%
2026
4
1,0725.30%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Boone County?

PanelCensus records 1,073 solar installations in Boone County, Illinois (62.3 MW of capacity) — about 5.3% of the county's 20,238 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Illinois's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Boone County?

Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.

Who installs solar in Boone County?

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

County assignment is derived from installation ZIP codes via the Census 2020 ZCTA↔county crosswalk (primary county by land-area overlap) — approximate at county boundaries. Market penetration = recorded installations ÷ housing units (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year, Table B25001); it undercounts where dataset coverage is partial. See methodology.