Shelby County parcel 1001-29-17-306-001
Is the assessment on 228 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 fair?
Assessed at $38,307 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
31.8%
of what it sold for (middle half 25.2–38.7%); the statute says 33.33%
This parcel among them
24 of 57
sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it
Their assessed values
$41,772
median; $12,717 to $92,344. This parcel: $38,307
Your assessment sits in the middle of the 57 homes near you that sold in the last 3 years. That is what a fair assessment usually looks like; the question is only whether those homes are like yours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Sep 2024 | $90,000 | $30,446 | 33.8% |
| 227 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Sep 2026 | $219,000 | $49,391 | 22.6% |
| 220 N Shelby Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Jun 2025 | $53,000 | $26,467 | 49.9% |
| 129 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | May 2026 | $188,500 | $46,702 | 24.8% |
| 327 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | May 2024 | $45,000 | $28,155 | 62.6% |
| 110 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Apr 2026 | $59,000 | $23,770 | 40.3% |
| 421 E Locust Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Oct 2023 | $40,500 | $29,382 | 72.5% |
| 413 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Jun 2024 | $78,000 | $21,190 | 27.2% |
| 429 N Vine Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Mar 2025 | $118,000 | $46,173 | 39.1% |
| 330 E Locust Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Jun 2026 | $162,000 | $50,311 | 31.1% |
| 102 N Putnam Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Mar 2026 | $100,000 | $41,772 | 41.8% |
| 429 N Shelby Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Dec 2025 | $154,900 | $40,417 | 26.1% |
| 404 Pinkston Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Oct 2023 | $158,000 | $52,314 | 33.1% |
| 415 E Wall Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Jul 2026 | $100,000 | $48,063 | 48.1% |
| 320 E Elm Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Feb 2026 | $143,000 | $44,516 | 31.1% |
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
$2,630 / yr
about $219 a month
Owner-occupied, 65+
$1,978 / yr
both homestead exemptions
No exemptions
$3,118 / yr
a rental or second home
Assessed value $38,307 × 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 228 N East Moweaqua, IL 62550 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.