Shelby County parcel 2409-36-11-205-003
Is the assessment on 516 Pennsylvania Windsor, IL 61957 fair?
Assessed at $33,784 as residential, Windsor 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
32.3%
of what it sold for (middle half 28.1–40.3%); the statute says 33.33%
This parcel among them
18 of 35
sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it
Their assessed values
$33,765
median; $8,977 to $57,833. This parcel: $33,784
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 514 Ohio Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Oct 2025 | $119,900 | $48,188 | 40.2% |
| 303 N Sycamore Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Nov 2025 | $36,500 | $10,546 | 28.9% |
| 510 Ohio Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Apr 2026 | $103,000 | $38,704 | 37.6% |
| 421 N Sycamore Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | Jan 2025 | $75,000 | $28,290 | 37.7% |
| 319 N Cedar Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | Feb 2026 | $195,000 | $52,430 | 26.9% |
| 603 Ohio Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | Feb 2026 | $80,000 | $38,655 | 48.3% |
| 602 Broadway Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | May 2026 | $114,500 | $22,033 | 19.2% |
| 706 Ohio Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | Jul 2024 | $50,000 | $17,301 | 34.6% |
| 718 Wisconsin Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.2 mi | Aug 2025 | $47,000 | $22,966 | 48.9% |
| 804 Pennsylvania Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.2 mi | Sep 2026 | $206,000 | $57,590 | 28% |
| 723 Ohio Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.2 mi | Oct 2025 | $40,000 | $8,977 | 22.4% |
| 706 Maine Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.3 mi | Jun 2026 | $25,000 | $11,388 | 45.6% |
| 801 Broadway Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.3 mi | Jun 2025 | $125,000 | $25,204 | 20.2% |
| 821 Broadway Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.3 mi | Sep 2025 | $84,000 | $24,303 | 28.9% |
| 715 Maine Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.3 mi | Dec 2024 | $126,000 | $57,833 | 45.9% |
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
$1,669 / yr
about $139 a month
Owner-occupied, 65+
$1,189 / yr
both homestead exemptions
No exemptions
$2,030 / yr
a rental or second home
Assessed value $33,784 × the 2024 rate of 6.01% for tax code 24002 (Windsor 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 516 Pennsylvania Windsor, IL 61957 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.