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Solar installations in Vermilion County, IL

493 recorded installations in Vermilion 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
1.4%
of 34,390 homes
Installations
493
Total capacity
65.7 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
19%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.7 hail (1.3 severe) 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 90 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 548% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Vermilion County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2015
1
10.00%
2016
4
50.01%
2017
2
70.02%
2018
1
80.02%
2019
8
160.05%
2020
37
530.15%
2021
41
940.27%
2022
30
1240.36%
2023
60
1840.54%
2024
107
2910.85%
2025
179
4701.37%
2026
16
4861.41%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Vermilion County?

PanelCensus records 493 solar installations in Vermilion County, Illinois (65.7 MW of capacity) — about 1.4% of the county's 34,390 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 Vermilion County?

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

Who installs solar in Vermilion 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.