Rhode Island ZIP codes

Rhode Island splits between a handful of population centres — 34% of its 1,095,391 counted residents live in the ten largest ZIP codes — and a long tail of smaller communities. No single ZIP code reaches 50,000 residents, while 15 sit below a thousand. Half of these ZIP codes hold more than 8,095 residents, which is a small-town scale: big enough for published estimates, small enough that one employer or one subdivision moves the numbers.

On housing, Rhode Island tracks the national pattern closely: $378,000 median home value against $97,650 median income, a ratio of 3.9 versus 3.9 nationally. Rent stays modest against earnings — $1,282 a month, roughly 16% of median household income over a year. The statewide midpoint hides real variation, though — that is what the spread below is for.

The internal range is wide but not exceptional: $135,500 at the ninetieth percentile against $62,987 at the tenth, a 2.15× gap. At the edges, 02815 tops the list at $209,050 and 02876 anchors the bottom at $33,008.

About one row in 8 is incomplete — 10 of 81 ZIP codes have a suppressed estimate, almost all of them at the small end. Five-year estimates average responses over sixty months, so what is published is a stable baseline rather than a reading of this month's market.

How many ZIP codes does Rhode Island have? 81 appear in the current federal tabulation. ZIP code tabulation areas are the Census approximation of postal ZIP codes, so the count differs slightly from the number of ZIPs the Postal Service delivers to in Rhode Island, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no area at all.

Which Rhode Island row should I compare mine against? Pick ZIP codes within roughly the same population band. In a state this spread out, size drives the housing and income figures more than region does.

How current is this? Every figure comes from the American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year release published by the US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates. It reflects the full survey window rather than a single date, and it is the most recent vintage available for ZIP codes this small.