Zip lookup · RI

02838
Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Lincoln, Providence County, RI · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro · population 3,740

What it costs per month · 02838 $2,332/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,383 (+146%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $16,517 +4%
$427,853$444,370 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $111,796 +34%
$332,574$444,370 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 02838 $2,332 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 02838$2,332
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 02838 rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Lincoln, RI — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,995 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $444,370 as of Sep 2026
+3.9%year on year

Asking rent — 02838

Against the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 02838

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 02838 $444,370 Providence $522,248 United States $366,157
$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 02838$444,370
  • Providence$522,248
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.7 02895 Woonsocket 43,521 $1,577 $387,305
2.9 02864 Cumberland 36,820 $2,311 $522,296
3.8 02896 North Smithfield 11,583 — $517,145
3.9 02865 Lincoln 18,447 — $567,638
4.8 02917 Smithfield 15,293 $1,800 $524,801
5.9 01504 Blackstone 9,255 — $480,184
5.9 02876 Slatersville 355 $2,395 —
6.7 02863 Central Falls 22,701 $1,547 $381,629
7.2 02760 North Attleboro 29,177 $2,221 $600,006
7.3 01529 Millville 3,160 — $479,646
7.5 02828 Greenville 7,023 — $527,543
7.5 02904 Providence 32,531 $1,833 $402,061
7.7 02911 North Providence 15,653 $1,769 $423,593
7.8 02019 Bellingham 17,410 $2,519 $540,182
7.9 02762 Plainville 9,943 $2,273 $600,556
8.0 02860 Pawtucket 47,818 $1,827 $391,687
8.6 02093 Wrentham 12,297 $2,647 $768,986
8.7 02763 Attleboro Falls 1,807 — $657,540
8.8 02861 Pawtucket 28,124 $2,008 $403,500
8.8 02839 Mapleville 1,525 — $508,009
8.9 02858 Oakland 738 — $462,313
8.9 02830 Harrisville 6,637 — $491,698
9.0 02908 Providence 39,500 $2,136 $416,090
9.0 02038 Franklin 33,154 $2,534 $703,904
9.6 02703 Attleboro 46,713 $2,366 $536,076
9.6 01756 Mendon 6,325 — $709,124
9.8 02906 Providence 26,380 $2,606 $805,853
9.8 02919 Johnston 29,802 $2,320 $453,110
10.3 02909 Providence 46,014 $2,054 $384,911
10.5 01569 Uxbridge 14,304 — $540,076

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.