Shelby County parcel 2013-07-11-202-007
Is the assessment on 920 N Chestnut Shelbyville, IL 62565 fair?
Assessed at $94,418 as residential, Shelbyville 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
29.5%
of what it sold for (middle half 25.5–33.4%); the statute says 33.33%
This parcel among them
51 of 53
sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it
Their assessed values
$43,068
median; $14,405 to $106,219. This parcel: $94,418
Your assessment is higher than 51 of the 53 homes near you that sold in the last 3 years. The neighbourhood is assessed at 29.5% of what it sells for, under the statutory third, so sitting above the neighbours is not by itself over-assessment; what matters is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919 N Chestnut Shelbyville, IL 62565 | next door | Jun 2025 | $312,500 | $96,571 | 30.9% |
| 1001 N Long Shelbyville, IL 62565 | next door | Nov 2025 | $45,000 | $30,034 | 66.7% |
| 114 W N 8TH Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Apr 2026 | $265,000 | $72,381 | 27.3% |
| 902 N Wood Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Sep 2026 | $135,000 | $39,636 | 29.4% |
| 505 W N 9TH Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Jul 2025 | $132,500 | $45,192 | 34.1% |
| 203 W N 7TH Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Aug 2026 | $68,000 | $35,839 | 52.7% |
| 804 N Long Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Feb 2026 | $178,000 | $51,661 | 29% |
| 605 W N 9TH Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Aug 2025 | $170,000 | $53,232 | 31.3% |
| 1035 E Northland Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Feb 2026 | $162,000 | $36,068 | 22.3% |
| 1107 N Long Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Jun 2025 | $162,500 | $62,524 | 38.5% |
| 910 N Lodge Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Jun 2026 | $230,000 | $71,895 | 31.3% |
| 1101 N Wood Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | May 2026 | $223,000 | $62,587 | 28.1% |
| 617 W N 9TH Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Apr 2026 | $125,000 | $56,412 | 45.1% |
| 715 N Walnut Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Sep 2025 | $127,000 | $42,451 | 33.4% |
| 826 N Lodge Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Jul 2025 | $71,000 | $32,958 | 46.4% |
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
$6,608 / yr
about $551 a month
Owner-occupied, 65+
$6,010 / yr
both homestead exemptions
No exemptions
$7,057 / yr
a rental or second home
Assessed value $94,418 × the 2024 rate of 7.47% for tax code 20002 (Shelbyville 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 920 N Chestnut Shelbyville, IL 62565 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.