Solar installations in Christian County, IL
435 recorded installations in Christian County, Illinois — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Christian County, Illinois has 435 recorded solar installations totalling 42.8 MW of capacity — the 40th-highest count among the 102 Illinois counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 2.9% of the county's 15,190 housing units, against 2.1% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 5.6 hail (1.6 severe) and 2.6 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Christian County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 70 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 621% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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How does Christian County compare with the rest of Illinois?
The median recorded system in Christian County is 10.5 kW, about 17% above the state median of 8.97 kW. 31% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 43% across Illinois. 7 systems (2%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 4% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Christian County ranks 28th of 102 Illinois counties with at least 10 installations. Fewer than 30 systems here report an installed price, so no county price median is published.
How has solar adoption changed in Christian County?
The earliest recorded installation in Christian County dates to 2015. The busiest year on record is 2025, with 158 installations. The county's cumulative total rose from 49 at the end of 2020 to 435 today. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Christian County?
PanelCensus records 435 solar installations in Christian County, Illinois (42.8 MW of capacity) — about 2.9% of the county's 15,190 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Illinois's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How much of the solar in Christian County is leased?
137 recorded installations (31%) in Christian County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 43% across Illinois.
How big is a typical solar system in Christian County?
The median recorded system in Christian County is 10.5 kW, against 9 kW for Illinois as a whole.
More solar data near Christian County
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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.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in Christian County, Illinois”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/illinois/christian-county (data as of October 10, 2026).