Best Places02886, RI Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 02886, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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02886 ranks 10,984th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 02886

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 02886 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

02886's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Health care access
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 02886 with other zip codes.

Where 02886 ranks high

  • Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than 88% of zip codes
  • Big-city accessBetter than 88% of zip codes
  • TransitBetter than 87% of zip codes
  • BikingBetter than 78% of zip codes

Where 02886 ranks low

  • State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$1,341 a month, better than only 12% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 02886

A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 02886 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $96,683; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.

Income to buy the median home
$107,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,506
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $382,849 home
Median rent
$1,317
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,952
Property tax$426
Homeowners insurance$128

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 02886's effective rate of 1.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 02886

02886 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
44
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
21%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.3
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1818%
18 to 3422%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6419%
65 and older21%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 02886.


Who works in 02886, and how

Work in 02886 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
13%
below the national average
Unemployment
3.7%
below the national average
Job growth
+0.8%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social16%
Retail trade15%
Manufacturing9%
Education9%
Finance & insurance8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 85%
  • Work from home 13%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 3%

Life in 02886

02886 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 93% of zip codes. The coast is about 25 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 02886 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
247
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 83.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 85% of zip codes
Coffee shops
25
about 8.5 per 10,000 residents, more than 80% of zip codes
Parkland
405 acres
about 13.7 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 93% of zip codes
Open past 10pm
~56
food and drink venues open late, about 18.9 per 10,000 residents, more than 89% of zip codes
To the coast
25 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 02886, month by month

02886 sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January43°32°23°
April62°49°39°
July87°75°65°
October68°56°46°

Flying in and out of 02886

The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 51 miles away.

Nearest airport
PVD
Rhode Island Tf Green International, about 2 miles
Airport size
Small hub
72nd-busiest in the US, 55 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 02886

Schools across 02886 average a C, better than 40% of zip codes.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 02886 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


02886 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 02886 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 02886 suits

Families

Schools land around the 40th percentile and crime safety beats 72%.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 13% already work from home.

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Retirees

Health care access beats 95%.

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Common questions about living in 02886

Is 02886 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 02886 ranks 10,984th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on health care access, few empty homes, and big-city access, and lowest on state finances and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 02886 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $382,849. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $96,683 median income, cost of living beats 70% of zip codes.

Is 02886 safe?

Yes, 02886 is safer than 72% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 02886?

July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 23. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 17% of zip codes.

Is 02886 good for families?

Schools beat 40% of zip codes, crime safety beats 72%, and childcare runs $1,341 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 02886. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 02886 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

02886 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 02886: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 02886: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 02886: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 02886: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

02886 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.