Shelby County parcel 1001-29-14-301-020
Is the assessment on 605 Pinkston Moweaqua, IL 62550 fair?
Assessed at $79,743 as residential, Moweaqua 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
32.5%
of what it sold for (middle half 25.9–39.1%); the statute says 33.33%
This parcel among them
31 of 33
sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it
Their assessed values
$46,173
median; $15,693 to $93,532. This parcel: $79,743
Your assessment is higher than 31 of the 33 homes near you that sold in the last 3 years, in a neighbourhood already assessed at 32.5% of what it sells for. Not proof of anything — those homes may simply be smaller — but worth asking about.
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.
| Parcel | Distance | Recorded | Price | Assessed | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 Pinkston Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Apr 2026 | $250,000 | $81,179 | 32.5% |
| 607 Royce Court Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Aug 2025 | $80,000 | $54,303 | 67.9% |
| 600 Robert Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Oct 2024 | $162,500 | $40,868 | 25.1% |
| 504 Pinkston Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Oct 2024 | $183,500 | $31,583 | 17.2% |
| 603 Robert Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | May 2024 | $185,000 | $46,482 | 25.1% |
| 429 N Vine Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Mar 2025 | $118,000 | $46,173 | 39.1% |
| 404 Pinkston Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Oct 2023 | $158,000 | $52,314 | 33.1% |
| 624 Gorden Road Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | May 2024 | $180,000 | $57,787 | 32.1% |
| 611 Hermanson Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Apr 2026 | $155,000 | $49,472 | 31.9% |
| 530 N Shelby Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Jul 2025 | $125,000 | $53,813 | 43.1% |
| 617 Hermanson Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | May 2025 | $150,000 | $49,916 | 33.3% |
| 413 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Jun 2024 | $78,000 | $21,190 | 27.2% |
| 616 Hermanson Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Oct 2023 | $195,000 | $70,715 | 36.3% |
| 429 N Shelby Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Dec 2025 | $154,900 | $40,417 | 26.1% |
| 504 N Putnam Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.3 mi | Sep 2025 | $70,000 | $15,693 | 22.4% |
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.
What the assessment costs
What the property tax runs
Owner-occupied
$6,002 / yr
about $500 a month
Owner-occupied, 65+
$5,351 / yr
both homestead exemptions
No exemptions
$6,490 / yr
a rental or second home
Assessed value $79,743 × the 2024 rate of 8.14% for tax code 10002 (Moweaqua Township), billed in 2025.
The owner-occupied figures take the General Homestead ($6,000 off the assessed value) and Senior Citizens ($8,000) exemptions; the senior freeze, veterans’ and home-improvement exemptions are not shown and can lower a bill further. The rate is the newest the clerk has published; the next levy will move it a little, and a sale can prompt a reassessment. Sources: Shelby County Clerk, Tax Codes and Districts Catalog, 2024 (payable 2025) and the assessor's current file. The bill of record is the treasurer's: Erica Firnhaber, Shelby County Treasurer.
How an appeal actually works here
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
Shelby County Supervisor of Assessments
(217) 774-5579 · Shelby County Courthouse, 301 E Main St, 2nd floor, Shelbyville, IL 62565
the office's page · the Board of Review · 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/Shelby.pdf) and shelbycounty-il.gov, 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 605 Pinkston Moweaqua, IL 62550 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.