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Solar installations in Passaic County, NJ

7,034 recorded installations in Passaic County, New Jersey — 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
3.8%
of 185,439 homes
Installations
7,034
Total capacity
147.2 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2.8 hail and 2.5 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 4,613 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 152% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Passaic County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
11
190.01%
2006
16
350.02%
2007
12
470.03%
2008
15
620.03%
2009
31
930.05%
2010
52
1450.08%
2011
131
2760.15%
2012
163
4390.24%
2013
181
6200.33%
2014
147
7670.41%
2015
273
1,0400.56%
2016
506
1,5460.83%
2017
421
1,9671.06%
2018
552
2,5191.36%
2019
585
3,1041.67%
2020
525
3,6291.96%
2021
470
4,0992.21%
2022
664
4,7632.57%
2023
1,000
5,7633.11%
2024
663
6,4263.46%
2025
607
7,0333.79%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Passaic County?

PanelCensus records 7,034 solar installations in Passaic County, New Jersey (147.2 MW of capacity) — about 3.8% of the county's 185,439 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on New Jersey's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Passaic County?

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

Who installs solar in Passaic County?

The most active recorded installers in Passaic County are Sunrun, Trinity Solar, Momentum Solar.

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.