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Solar installations in Jo Daviess County, IL

780 recorded installations in Jo Daviess 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
5.8%
of 13,425 homes
Installations
780
Total capacity
40.4 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
8%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2.7 hail and 5 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 340 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 229% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Jo Daviess County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2014
1
10.01%
2015
2
30.02%
2016
3
60.04%
2017
3
90.07%
2019
10
190.14%
2020
196
2151.60%
2021
111
3262.43%
2022
62
3882.89%
2023
101
4893.64%
2024
119
6084.53%
2025
170
7785.79%
2026
2
7805.81%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Jo Daviess County?

PanelCensus records 780 solar installations in Jo Daviess County, Illinois (40.4 MW of capacity) — about 5.8% of the county's 13,425 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 Jo Daviess County?

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

Who installs solar in Jo Daviess 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.