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Solar installations in McDonough County, IL

252 recorded installations in McDonough 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
1.9%
of 13,598 homes
Installations
252
Total capacity
38.7 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
17%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.3 hail (1 severe) and 5.3 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 73 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 345% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in McDonough County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2016
2
20.01%
2017
1
30.02%
2019
2
50.04%
2020
31
360.27%
2021
22
580.43%
2022
10
680.50%
2023
51
1190.88%
2024
56
1751.29%
2025
68
2431.79%
2026
9
2521.85%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in McDonough County?

PanelCensus records 252 solar installations in McDonough County, Illinois (38.7 MW of capacity) — about 1.9% of the county's 13,598 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 McDonough County?

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

Who installs solar in McDonough 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.