Solar installations in Wilkes County, NC

1 recorded installations in Wilkes County, North Carolina — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated September 2026 . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Limited data. Only 1 recorded installation in Wilkes County so far, so the medians and penetration below are indicative, not reliable — a single new record can move them sharply.

Homes with solar

0.00%

of 31,744 homes

Installations

Total capacity

6 kW

Median price

—

pre-incentive

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 61 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 2% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Wilkes County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes

2018

10.00%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Wilkes County?

PanelCensus records 1 solar installations in Wilkes County, North Carolina (6 kW of capacity) — about 0.00% of the county's 31,744 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on North Carolina's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Wilkes County?

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

Who installs solar in Wilkes 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.