Shelby County parcel 2409-36-14-304-004
Is the assessment on 223 N Maple Windsor, IL 61957 fair?
Assessed at $24,174 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
32.2%
of what it sold for (middle half 28–38.7%); the statute says 33.33%
This parcel among them
16 of 53
sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it
Their assessed values
$32,210
median; $8,977 to $69,300. This parcel: $24,174
Your assessment sits in the middle of the 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 N Maple Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Feb 2026 | $145,000 | $40,715 | 28.1% |
| 208 N Maple Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | May 2025 | $128,647 | $34,956 | 27.2% |
| 1011 Pennsylvania Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Jul 2026 | $119,900 | $17,716 | 14.8% |
| 315 N Maple Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Jul 2024 | $105,000 | $33,765 | 32.2% |
| 1003 Broadway Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Oct 2025 | $105,000 | $34,133 | 32.5% |
| 215 N Pine Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Aug 2025 | $120,000 | $48,536 | 40.4% |
| 1013 Broadway Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Feb 2026 | $72,500 | $14,379 | 19.8% |
| 113 N Maple Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Mar 2024 | $129,900 | $41,900 | 32.3% |
| 113 N Maple Windsor, IL 61957 | next door | Dec 2023 | $90,000 | $41,900 | 46.6% |
| 123 N Elm Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | Aug 2024 | $61,000 | $19,615 | 32.2% |
| 113 N Elm Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | Sep 2025 | $128,000 | $42,113 | 32.9% |
| 821 Broadway Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | Sep 2025 | $84,000 | $24,303 | 28.9% |
| 113 N Elm Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | May 2025 | $78,000 | $42,113 | 54% |
| 1005 Wisconsin Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.1 mi | Sep 2024 | $100,000 | $36,918 | 36.9% |
| 1115 Wisconsin Windsor, IL 61957 | 0.2 mi | May 2026 | $49,900 | $23,770 | 47.6% |
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
$1,092 / yr
about $91 a month
Owner-occupied, 65+
$611 / yr
both homestead exemptions
No exemptions
$1,452 / yr
a rental or second home
Assessed value $24,174 × 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 223 N Maple Windsor, IL 61957 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.