Solar installations in York County, VA
49 recorded installations in York County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
York County, Virginia has 49 recorded solar installations totalling 363 kW of capacity — the 49th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.17% of the county's 28,211 housing units, against 0.51% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
Search every recorded installation in York County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 181 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 27% 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 York County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in York County is 7.2 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, York County ranks 76th 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 York County?
The earliest recorded installation in York County dates to 2009. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 23 installations. The county's cumulative total rose from 9 at the end of 2014 to 49 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 York County?
PanelCensus records 49 solar installations in York County, Virginia (363 kW of capacity) — about 0.17% of the county's 28,211 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 York County?
The median recorded system in York County is 7.2 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near York County
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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 York County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/york-county (data as of October 10, 2026).