Solar installations in Livingston County, IL
510 recorded installations in Livingston County, Illinois — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Livingston County, Illinois has 510 recorded solar installations totalling 153.2 MW of capacity — the 34th-highest count among the 102 Illinois counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 3.2% of the county's 15,930 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 5.1 hail (1.4 severe) and 4.7 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Livingston County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 95 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 537% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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How does Livingston County compare with the rest of Illinois?
The median recorded system in Livingston County is 12.79 kW, about 43% above the state median of 8.97 kW. 18% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 43% across Illinois. 14 systems (3%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 4% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Livingston County ranks 20th 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 Livingston County?
The earliest recorded installation in Livingston County dates to 2017. The busiest year on record is 2024, with 134 installations. 2025 has 115 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 61 at the end of 2020 to 510 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 Livingston County?
PanelCensus records 510 solar installations in Livingston County, Illinois (153.2 MW of capacity) — about 3.2% of the county's 15,930 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 Livingston County is leased?
94 recorded installations (18%) in Livingston County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 43% across Illinois.
How big is a typical solar system in Livingston County?
The median recorded system in Livingston County is 12.8 kW, against 9 kW for Illinois as a whole.
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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 Livingston County, Illinois”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/illinois/livingston-county (data as of October 10, 2026).