Shelby County parcel 1001-30-19-405-010
Is the assessment on 306 W Main Moweaqua, IL 62550 fair?
Assessed at $38,757 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
30.7%
of what it sold for (middle half 25.6–36.3%); the statute says 33.33%
This parcel among them
24 of 35
sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it
Their assessed values
$31,888
median; $11,559 to $91,341. This parcel: $38,757
Your assessment sits in the middle of the 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 330 W Main Street Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Feb 2025 | $145,000 | $50,013 | 34.5% |
| 232 W Main Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | May 2024 | $55,000 | $20,372 | 37% |
| 249 W Main Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Jul 2024 | $205,000 | $61,471 | 30% |
| 256 W Madison Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Aug 2025 | $135,000 | $36,303 | 26.9% |
| 256 W Madison Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Oct 2024 | $129,900 | $36,303 | 27.9% |
| 320 W Madison Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Aug 2024 | $210,000 | $42,475 | 20.2% |
| 330 W Madison Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | May 2024 | $209,000 | $51,995 | 24.9% |
| 327 W Wall Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Apr 2026 | $30,000 | $19,784 | 65.9% |
| 229 W Wall Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Jul 2025 | $48,500 | $24,272 | 50% |
| 209 W Wall Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Nov 2024 | $85,000 | $29,837 | 35.1% |
| 119 W Madison Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Sep 2024 | $88,400 | $27,164 | 30.7% |
| 326 S Plum Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.3 mi | Sep 2026 | $45,000 | $24,012 | 53.4% |
| 317 S Plum Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.3 mi | Oct 2025 | $45,000 | $27,385 | 60.9% |
| 319 N Macon Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.3 mi | Dec 2025 | $195,000 | $53,538 | 27.5% |
| 201 E Elm Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.3 mi | Jun 2024 | $175,000 | $32,219 | 18.4% |
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
$2,666 / yr
about $222 a month
Owner-occupied, 65+
$2,015 / yr
both homestead exemptions
No exemptions
$3,155 / yr
a rental or second home
Assessed value $38,757 × the 2024 rate of 8.14% for tax code 10003 (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 306 W Main Moweaqua, IL 62550 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.