Shelby County parcel 1001-31-08-205-014
Is the assessment on 229 E South Moweaqua, IL 62550 fair?
Assessed at $20,913 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
31.1%
of what it sold for (middle half 25.3–41.8%); the statute says 33.33%
This parcel among them
8 of 57
sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it
Their assessed values
$32,818
median; $11,559 to $92,344. This parcel: $20,913
Your assessment is lower than most of the 57 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.
| Parcel | Distance | Recorded | Price | Assessed | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 E Warren Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Jan 2026 | $109,000 | $19,232 | 17.6% |
| 317 E South Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Jan 2025 | $140,000 | $30,242 | 21.6% |
| 221 E Warren Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Aug 2024 | $69,000 | $19,232 | 27.9% |
| 321 E South Moweaqua, IL 62550 | next door | Jun 2026 | $137,500 | $31,888 | 23.2% |
| 400 E Wall Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Jun 2024 | $155,000 | $39,212 | 25.3% |
| 221 E Cherry Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.1 mi | Jul 2026 | $25,000 | $11,559 | 46.2% |
| 319 E Main Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Sep 2026 | $120,000 | $31,255 | 26% |
| 329 E Main Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Jul 2024 | $95,000 | $33,823 | 35.6% |
| 414 E Wall Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Mar 2025 | $166,500 | $77,284 | 46.4% |
| 130 N Hanover Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Jun 2026 | $275,000 | $91,341 | 33.2% |
| 102 N Putnam Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Mar 2026 | $100,000 | $41,772 | 41.8% |
| 404 E Warren Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | May 2024 | $47,000 | $28,722 | 61.1% |
| 401 E Cherry St Moweaqua, IL 62550 | 0.2 mi | Jul 2026 | $328,500 | $92,344 | 28.1% |
| 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
$1,214 / yr
about $101 a month
Owner-occupied, 65+
$563 / yr
both homestead exemptions
No exemptions
$1,702 / yr
a rental or second home
Assessed value $20,913 × 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 229 E South Moweaqua, IL 62550 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.