Solar installations in James City County, VA
124 recorded installations in James City County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
James City County, Virginia has 124 recorded solar installations totalling 46.5 MW of capacity — the 23rd-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.36% of the county's 34,400 housing units, against 0.51% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 1 hail and 0 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in James City County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 268 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 46% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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How does James City County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in James City County is 6.94 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, James City County ranks 34th of 93 Virginia counties with at least 10 installations. Fewer than 30 systems here report an installed price, so no county price median is published.
How has solar adoption changed in James City County?
The earliest recorded installation in James City County dates to 2003. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 71 installations. 2023 has 1 recorded installation so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 51 at the end of 2018 to 124 today. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in James City County?
PanelCensus records 124 solar installations in James City County, Virginia (46.5 MW of capacity) — about 0.36% of the county's 34,400 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Virginia's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How big is a typical solar system in James City County?
The median recorded system in James City County is 6.9 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
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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.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in James City County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/james-city-county (data as of October 10, 2026).