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Solar installations in Multnomah County, OR

9,825 recorded installations in Multnomah County, Oregon — 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
2.7%
of 367,704 homes
Installations
9,825
Total capacity
71.5 MW
Median price
$1.47/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
1%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 6,664 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 147% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
10
300.01%
2006
4
340.01%
2007
3
370.01%
2008
59
960.03%
2009
187
2830.08%
2010
601
8840.24%
2011
339
1,2230.33%
2012
283
1,5060.41%
2013
233
1,7390.47%
2014
294
2,0330.55%
2015
376
2,4090.66%
2016
367
2,7760.76%
2017
567
3,3430.91%
2018
267
3,6100.98%
2019
225
3,8351.04%
2020
189
4,0241.09%
2021
461
4,4851.22%
2022
930
5,4151.47%
2023
931
6,3461.73%
2024
1,659
8,0052.18%
2025
1,747
9,7522.65%
2026
60
9,8122.67%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Multnomah County?

PanelCensus records 9,825 solar installations in Multnomah County, Oregon (71.5 MW of capacity) — about 2.7% of the county's 367,704 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Oregon's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Multnomah County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Multnomah County is $1.47/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 5.4 kW.

Who installs solar in Multnomah County?

The most active recorded installers in Multnomah County are Tesla, Imagine Energy, Blue Raven 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.