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Solar installations in Pierce County, WA

465 recorded installations in Pierce County, Washington — 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
0.13%
of 365,748 homes
Installations
465
Total capacity
4.3 MW
Median price
$3.64/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 2,571 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 18% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

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Top installers in Pierce County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2016
16
160.00%
2017
71
870.02%
2018
294
3810.10%
2019
84
4650.13%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Pierce County?

PanelCensus records 465 solar installations in Pierce County, Washington (4.3 MW of capacity) — about 0.13% of the county's 365,748 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Washington's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Pierce County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Pierce County is $3.64/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 8.1 kW.

Who installs solar in Pierce 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.