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5033 S Ashland Ave

New City, Chicago IL 60609 20081240140000 3 units · 1914

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years. Our model still sees a moderate chance of maintenance problems in the next 12 months, from the owner's wider portfolio and the surrounding area rather than from anything recorded here. No public enforcement record to go on. Walk the building, ask the current tenants how repairs get handled, and get any promises in writing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in New City — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 1.5
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the New City average of 1.5.

The bar and the rating point different ways because they measure different things: the bar counts building violations already on file, the rating forecasts the next 12 months.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1914
Stories
Building area3,127 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)20081240140000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5033 S Ashland

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The three-unit residential building at 5033 S Ashland Ave in Chicago's New City neighborhood, owned by Elmos W Woods, has encountered several maintenance and safety issues over the past two years. The property, constructed in 1914, has a relatively limited incident history with only six documented 311 service requests in the past seven years. The most recent service requests, from June 2025, pertained to routine municipal matters including garbage cart maintenance and an abandoned vehicle complaint. Prior to these, there was a notable cluster of service requests in July 2024, including two separate graffiti removal requests and a rodent baiting complaint, which may indicate some challenges with building maintenance and neighborhood conditions during that period. Another infrastructure-related issue was documented in June 2025 with a street light pole damage complaint. While all reported issues have been resolved according to the service request records, the concentration of maintenance-related complaints in mid-2024 and the relatively recent nature of the street light pole damage in 2025 warrant attention to ongoing maintenance and safety conditions in the surrounding area.

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Risk rating

How 5033 S Ashland Ave's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Chicago code enforcement data — building violations, 311 complaint history, environmental enforcement, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that the City of Chicago will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Lower risk — safer than most nearby

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Typical — about average for the neighborhood

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Higher risk — riskier than most nearby

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
13thpercentile

Out of 4198 buildings in this neighborhood, 3652 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
47%
No code
violation
53%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

Property class (211)

Assessor class 211 — small residential (roughly 2–6 units). The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

12-Month risk forecast
Moderate failure risk 53%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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5033 S Ashland Ave event timeline

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2024
311 Request Jul 26
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint

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