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Solar installations in Monroe County, IL

357 recorded installations in Monroe 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
2.4%
of 14,665 homes
Installations
357
Total capacity
8.6 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
7%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 107 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 334% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Monroe County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2012
1
10.01%
2013
1
20.01%
2015
5
70.05%
2016
5
120.08%
2017
5
170.12%
2018
1
180.12%
2019
8
260.18%
2020
40
660.45%
2021
39
1050.72%
2022
15
1200.82%
2023
49
1691.15%
2024
95
2641.80%
2025
85
3492.38%
2026
4
3532.41%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Monroe County?

PanelCensus records 357 solar installations in Monroe County, Illinois (8.6 MW of capacity) — about 2.4% of the county's 14,665 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 Monroe County?

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

Who installs solar in Monroe 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.