Plant hardiness zone 5A
ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 5A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.
What is USDA zone 5A?
Zone 5A is a USDA / PRISM plant hardiness band based on average annual extreme minimum winter temperature. Growers use it to compare winter-cold exposure across regions — it is a climate label, not a planting prescription.
US5 lists 2,317 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 9,286,677 combined ZIP-area residents. The table below is sorted by population; use pagination to browse the full published set.
How to use this zone page
Scan communities inside zone 5A, then open any ZIP for full demographics, climate normals, schools, and nearby amenities. Zone membership comes from the USDA hardiness summary joined to published ZIP profiles.
ZIPs in zone 5A
| ZIP | City | County | State | Population | Income | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05673 | Waitsfield | Washington County | VT | 2,465 | $94,837 | $434,200 |
| 51445 | Ida Grove | Ida County | IA | 2,464 | $66,250 | $117,500 |
| 50563 | Manson | Calhoun County | IA | 2,461 | $78,261 | $156,500 |
| 52336 | Springville | Linn County | IA | 2,459 | $93,147 | $213,200 |
| 54658 | Stoddard | Vernon County | WI | 2,458 | $72,734 | $228,800 |
| 53529 | Dane | Dane County | WI | 2,456 | $100,313 | $374,000 |
| 48654 | Rose City | Ogemaw County | MI | 2,455 | $46,563 | $134,200 |
| 68713 | Atkinson | Holt County | NE | 2,453 | $69,239 | $174,600 |
| 50669 | Reinbeck | Grundy County | IA | 2,447 | $83,636 | $165,300 |
| 82331 | Saratoga | Carbon County | WY | 2,446 | $69,958 | $299,600 |
| 53968 | Wonewoc | Juneau County | WI | 2,444 | $71,786 | $188,900 |
| 49688 | Tustin | Osceola County | MI | 2,443 | $66,680 | $163,300 |
| 53507 | Barneveld | Iowa County | WI | 2,435 | $111,339 | $310,900 |
| 50658 | Nashua | Chickasaw County | IA | 2,432 | $70,321 | $133,700 |
| 53035 | Iron Ridge | Dodge County | WI | 2,432 | $100,938 | $270,400 |
| 49639 | Hersey | Osceola County | MI | 2,420 | $62,409 | $136,900 |
| 53502 | Albany | Green County | WI | 2,420 | $87,768 | $242,500 |
| 80467 | Oak Creek | Routt County | CO | 2,411 | $101,300 | $644,400 |
| 53065 | Oakfield | Fond du Lac County | WI | 2,410 | $107,321 | $247,400 |
| 50423 | Britt | Hancock County | IA | 2,401 | $65,966 | $110,200 |
| 13606 | Adams Center | Jefferson County | NY | 2,397 | $90,694 | $185,000 |
| 03814 | Center Ossipee | Carroll County | NH | 2,392 | $74,475 | $316,200 |
| 81658 | — | — | — | 2,390 | $71,818 | $972,800 |
| 50276 | Woodward | Boone County | IA | 2,380 | $92,682 | $243,400 |
| 05773 | Wallingford | Rutland County | VT | 2,379 | $79,181 | $257,900 |
| 50670 | Shell Rock | Butler County | IA | 2,379 | $83,281 | $172,100 |
| 50601 | Ackley | Franklin County | IA | 2,377 | $63,869 | $114,200 |
| 13646 | Hammond | St. Lawrence County | NY | 2,373 | $67,344 | $133,000 |
| 13654 | Heuvelton | St. Lawrence County | NY | 2,370 | $71,389 | $127,500 |
| 59730 | Big Sky | Gallatin County | MT | 2,367 | $85,849 | $817,600 |
| 69334 | Bayard | Morrill County | NE | 2,360 | $62,350 | $124,900 |
| 04910 | — | Kennebec County | ME | 2,358 | $57,356 | $207,900 |
| 13493 | — | Oswego County | NY | 2,355 | $60,735 | $109,700 |
| 53556 | Lone Rock | Richland County | WI | 2,354 | $67,188 | $176,600 |
| 54602 | — | — | — | 2,338 | $37,019 | $207,900 |
| 53586 | Shullsburg | Lafayette County | WI | 2,336 | $65,658 | $149,900 |
| 50629 | Fairbank | Buchanan County | IA | 2,335 | $102,750 | $193,900 |
| 04986 | — | Waldo County | ME | 2,323 | $69,375 | $172,500 |
| 50675 | Traer | Tama County | IA | 2,323 | $79,514 | $148,000 |
| 57029 | Freeman | Hutchinson County | SD | 2,317 | $77,321 | $183,700 |
| 53919 | Brandon | Fond du Lac County | WI | 2,308 | $93,516 | $210,800 |
| 51455 | Manning | Carroll County | IA | 2,303 | $75,455 | $125,400 |
| 80866 | — | — | — | 2,302 | $91,587 | $467,100 |
| 52004 | — | — | — | 2,301 | $43,821 | $109,700 |
| 69356 | Minatare | Scotts Bluff County | NE | 2,301 | $70,647 | $180,400 |
| 53944 | Lyndon Station | Juneau County | WI | 2,299 | $71,758 | $189,200 |
| 05677 | Waterbury Center | Washington County | VT | 2,298 | $151,745 | $474,000 |
| 53923 | Cambria | Columbia County | WI | 2,294 | $74,750 | $211,200 |
| 51001 | Akron | Plymouth County | IA | 2,292 | $67,639 | $177,700 |
| 13363 | Lake Delta | Oneida County | NY | 2,290 | $88,427 | $183,500 |
Frequently asked questions
What does zone 5A mean?
Zone 5A is a USDA plant hardiness band based on average annual extreme minimum winter temperature. It helps compare winter-cold exposure across places; it is not a planting prescription.
Why is the table sorted by population?
Population ordering surfaces larger communities first. The zone total counts all published ZIPs in band 5A; page through the table to browse beyond the first page.
Is a hardiness zone the same as a climate normal?
Hardiness zones summarize winter extreme cold. ZIP pages on US5 also show precipitation, snow, and FEMA risk context separately.