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Solar installations in Hancock County, IL

443 recorded installations in Hancock 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
4.9%
of 8,959 homes
Installations
443
Total capacity
35.0 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
12%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 113 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 392% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

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Top installers in Hancock County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2014
1
10.01%
2016
6
70.08%
2017
4
110.12%
2019
4
150.17%
2020
85
1001.12%
2021
42
1421.58%
2022
25
1671.86%
2023
53
2202.46%
2024
113
3333.72%
2025
92
4254.74%
2026
17
4424.93%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Hancock County?

PanelCensus records 443 solar installations in Hancock County, Illinois (35.0 MW of capacity) — about 4.9% of the county's 8,959 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 Hancock County?

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

Who installs solar in Hancock 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.