Ashburn

Ashburn is community area 70, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Auburn Gresham, Beverly, Chicago Lawn and West Lawn. It covers about 4.9 square miles.

No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is Midway (Orange Line), about 3.2 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.

Metra stations inside its boundary: Wrightwood and Ashburn.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 49 Western, X49 Western Express, 52A South Kedzie, 53A South Pulaski, 67 67th-69th-71st, 79 79th, 87 87th, 95 95th and 169 69th-UPS Express.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 63 acres across 7 parks. The largest are Hayes Park (21 acres), Rainey Park (14 acres), Bogan Park (14 acres), Durkin Park (9.7 acres) and Scottsdale Park (2.5 acres).

Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Scottsdale and Wrightwood-Ashburn. Divvy has 11 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

It lies within the 18th Ward.

Sources: City of Chicago open data portal (community area and ward boundaries, ‘L’ stations, Chicago Park District parks, CTA bus routes, Chicago Public Library branches, Divvy stations, Special Service Areas); Metra station locations derived from Cook County Assessor parcel proximity data (2025).