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Solar installations in Carroll County, IL

462 recorded installations in Carroll 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
5.6%
of 8,190 homes
Installations
462
Total capacity
12.0 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
24%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 189 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 244% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Carroll County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2016
2
20.02%
2017
1
30.04%
2018
1
40.05%
2019
9
130.16%
2020
72
851.04%
2021
37
1221.49%
2022
28
1501.83%
2023
88
2382.91%
2024
121
3594.38%
2025
97
4565.57%
2026
5
4615.63%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Carroll County?

PanelCensus records 462 solar installations in Carroll County, Illinois (12.0 MW of capacity) — about 5.6% of the county's 8,190 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 Carroll County?

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

Who installs solar in Carroll 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.