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Solar installations in Jackson County, IL

484 recorded installations in Jackson 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
1.7%
of 27,750 homes
Installations
484
Total capacity
19.4 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
6%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 178 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 272% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Jackson County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2012
1
10.00%
2015
3
40.01%
2016
4
80.03%
2017
8
160.06%
2018
1
170.06%
2019
35
520.19%
2020
66
1180.42%
2021
58
1760.63%
2022
40
2160.78%
2023
68
2841.02%
2024
95
3791.37%
2025
95
4741.71%
2026
9
4831.74%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Jackson County?

PanelCensus records 484 solar installations in Jackson County, Illinois (19.4 MW of capacity) — about 1.7% of the county's 27,750 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 Jackson County?

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

Who installs solar in Jackson 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.