Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/02865

02865

ZIP 02865 is Lincoln, Rhode Island, in Providence County; area code 401; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Providence
Population
18,447
Coordinates
41.9155, -71.4498
☼ Live from 02865 — Lincoln, RI

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 02865 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 02865
  • 🔢 Type 02865 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgBZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,865 = 3 × 5 × 191. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02864 (Cumberland, RI, 4 mi away) and 02871 (Portsmouth, RI, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02865 becomes 56820, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02568, 05682, 05826, 05862, 06258, 06825, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85062 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,274 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,419 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02865 and you would come out at 41.92°S, 108.55°E — 797 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.
  • 📏 At 16.5 square miles of land, 02865 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 02865 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population18,447This ZIP18,447
Households7,107This ZIP7,107
Housing units7,206This ZIP7,206
Median age45.3This ZIP45.3Rhode Island40.6US 38.9
Median household income$105,958This ZIP$105,958Rhode Island$87,796US $80,734
Median home value$470,300This ZIP$470,300Rhode Island$404,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,398This ZIP$1,398Rhode Island$1,342US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher47.5%This ZIP47.5%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density1,119.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,119.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments592This ZIP592
Employees14,737This ZIP14,737
Annual payroll$1,002,559,000This ZIP$1,002,559,000
Tax returns filed9,720This ZIP9,720
Total adjusted gross income$1,209,894,000This ZIP$1,209,894,000

Land area

Land area16.47 sq miThis ZIP16.47 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

ZIP codes near 02865

ZIPCityDistance
02802 Albion, RI 2.6 mi
02863 Central Falls, RI 3.4 mi
02838 Manville, RI 3.8 mi
02917 Smithfield, RI 3.9 mi
02864 Cumberland, RI 3.9 mi
02904 Providence, RI 4.0 mi
02911 North Providence, RI 4.3 mi
02860 Pawtucket, RI 4.4 mi
02918 Providence, RI 5.0 mi
02908 Providence, RI 5.3 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 02865 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02865?

02865 is in Lincoln, Rhode Island, in Providence County, part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.9155, -71.4498.

What county is 02865 in?

02865 lies in Providence County.

What area code is 02865?

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

What time zone is 02865 in?

02865 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 02865?

About 18,447 people live in ZIP code 02865, in 7,107 households, at 1,119.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 02865?

$105,958 a year, against $87,796 across Rhode Island.

What ZIP codes are near 02865?

The closest are 02802 (2.6 mi), 02863 (3.4 mi), 02838 (3.8 mi), 02917 (3.9 mi) and 02864 (3.9 mi).

Is 02865 a PO Box ZIP code?

02865 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “02865 ZIP Code — Lincoln, Rhode Island (Providence County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/02865

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/02865.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.