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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/02862

02862

ZIP 02862 is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in Providence County; area code 401; Eastern time. Pawtucket has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 02860 and 02861.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Providence
Coordinates
41.8612, -71.3691

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 02860, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02862 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 02862
  • 🔢 Type 02862 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgBZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,862 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 53. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02861 (Pawtucket, RI, 1 mi away) and 02863 (Central Falls, RI, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02862 becomes 26820, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02826, 06282, 08226, 20268, 20628, 20682, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86022 in Fredonia, AZ, 2,208 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,423 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02862 and you would come out at 41.86°S, 108.63°E — 792 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees2,234This ZIP2,234
Annual payroll$224,148,000This ZIP$224,148,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02862

ZIPCityDistance
02860 Pawtucket, RI 1.2 mi
02861 Pawtucket, RI 1.5 mi
02916 Rumford, RI 1.5 mi
02906 Providence, RI 1.8 mi
02863 Central Falls, RI 2.4 mi
02771 Seekonk, MA 3.0 mi
02912 Providence, RI 3.0 mi
02914 East Providence, RI 3.3 mi
02940 Providence, RI 3.4 mi
02904 Providence, RI 3.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02862?

02862 is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in Providence County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.8612, -71.3691.

What county is 02862 in?

02862 lies in Providence County.

What area code is 02862?

Pawtucket uses area code 401, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02862 in?

02862 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02862?

The closest are 02860 (1.2 mi), 02861 (1.5 mi), 02916 (1.5 mi), 02906 (1.8 mi) and 02863 (2.4 mi).

Is 02862 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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