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Effingham County parcel 04-06-151-004

Is the assessment on 9168 N 1000th Rd Effingham IL 62401 fair?

Assessed at $44,200 as residential, Jackson Township. Below: how the homes near it that actually sold are assessed against what they sold for, and where this one sits among them. Two facts from the county's own record — not an opinion of value, which is what an appeal ultimately needs and what we will give you if you ask.

How the neighbourhood is assessed

26.1%

of what it sold for (middle half 23–30.1%); the statute says 33.33%

This parcel among them

0 of 8

sold homes within 2 miles are assessed below it

Their assessed values

$71,550

median; $53,200 to $151,190. This parcel: $44,200

Your assessment is lower than most of the 8 homes near you that sold in the last 3 years. There is no case here.

The homes that sold near it

Arm's-length sales recorded with the county in the last 3 years, nearest first, with the assessed value the county carries for each today. Whether any of them is like this house — size, age, condition — is the question the record cannot answer and an appeal turns on.

ParcelDistanceRecordedPriceAssessedRatio
9355 N 1000th Rd Effingham IL 624010.2 miJan 2024$200,000$74,70037.4%
9275 N 890th St Effingham IL 624010.8 miSep 2026$200,000$53,20026.6%
9275 N 890th St Effingham IL 624010.8 miSep 2025$175,000$53,20030.4%
10675 E 850th Av Watson IL 624731.2 miNov 2024$275,000$70,23025.5%
8436 E 875th Av Altamont IL 624111.3 miNov 2024$720,000$151,19021%
10480 E 800th Av Watson IL 624731.3 miDec 2023$311,000$72,87023.4%
9568 N 1115th Rd Watson IL 624731.6 miJul 2024$320,000$69,53021.7%
9626 N 1115th Rd Watson IL 624731.6 miMar 2026$321,000$96,43030%

Prices from PTAX-203 transfer declarations; assessed values from the county assessor's current file (so a home reassessed after its sale shows today's figure against yesterday's price). Not MLS figures. Nothing here names an owner.

How an appeal actually works here

  1. Talk to the assessor first. Many differences are a record error — a garage that came down, a square footage that was never right — and get fixed with a phone call, no appeal needed.
  2. The county Board of Review. A written complaint in the window after the township's assessments are published each year; the office can tell you the dates for this township. Evidence: a recent appraisal, comparable sales, or comparable assessments (the equity argument — the table above is where that starts).
  3. Then the state. A Board of Review decision can go to the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board within 30 days of the decision — its forms and rules are on ptab.illinois.gov.

Effingham County Supervisor of Assessments

(217) 342-6711 · Effingham County Office Building, 101 N Fourth St, Effingham, IL 62401

PTAB's county sheet

We publish no appeal deadline: the window is set by the township's publication date each year, and the office is the authority on it. Contact details PTAB county sheet (ptab.illinois.gov/counties/Effingham.pdf), read 2026-09-21.

Ask us to look at it properly

The table above is where an equity argument starts, not where it ends: a Board of Review wants an opinion of market value, and that means someone who has stood in the houses. We will look at 9168 N 1000th Rd Effingham IL 62401 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.

No obligation, and we will not pass your details to anyone else.