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Plant hardiness zone 5A

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 5A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
5A
ZIP codes
2,317
Population
9,286,677
Median household income (avg.)
$74,070
Average home value
$224,046
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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
82420 Cowley Big Horn County WY 938 $73,864 $229,400
04912 — Somerset County ME 937 $57,321 $139,200
54964 Waukau Winnebago County WI 936 $66,094 $233,200
04455 — Penobscot County ME 934 $49,219 $152,200
53808 Dickeyville Grant County WI 934 $67,500 $183,200
52160 New Albin Allamakee County IA 930 $77,098 $197,400
03779 — Grafton County NH 928 $93,393 $327,700
50598 Whittemore Kossuth County IA 927 $78,828 $103,600
52362 Wyoming Jones County IA 927 $73,636 $130,000
50480 Titonka Kossuth County IA 926 $69,022 $79,300
56120 Butterfield Watonwan County MN 925 $72,708 $117,400
53569 Montfort Grant County WI 924 $86,458 $198,400
57376 Tripp Hutchinson County SD 924 $61,458 $112,900
57756 Manderson-White Horse Creek Oglala Lakota County SD 922 $23,269 —
51331 Arnolds Park Dickinson County IA 920 $84,615 $415,800
04979 — Somerset County ME 919 $56,136 $179,500
55953 Lyle Mower County MN 918 $66,705 $168,800
04987 — Waldo County ME 917 $47,321 $194,100
13752 — Delaware County NY 913 $71,667 $237,500
80545 Red Feather Lakes Larimer County CO 913 $91,500 $399,100
51338 Everly Clay County IA 912 $56,346 $120,400
03812 Bartlett Carroll County NH 909 — $345,800
57037 Irene Yankton County SD 908 $67,857 $143,000
82214 Guernsey Platte County WY 908 $75,291 $215,900
52147 Hawkeye Fayette County IA 906 $73,125 $151,300
80653 Jackson Lake Morgan County CO 904 $59,250 $343,700
83451 Teton Madison County ID 902 $76,563 $288,800
49958 Pelkie Houghton County MI 900 $42,083 $157,100
50517 Bancroft Kossuth County IA 899 $52,596 $110,700
05079 — Orange County VT 898 $68,448 $185,300
56039 Granada Martin County MN 898 $80,536 $151,700
68783 Verdigre Knox County NE 898 $46,250 $105,700
05675 — Orange County VT 897 $67,569 $201,700
12914 Akwesasne Franklin County NY 892 $43,750 $89,800
51355 Okoboji Dickinson County IA 892 $57,569 $441,400
12474 — Delaware County NY 891 $54,462 $213,300
48636 — Oscoda County MI 891 $63,478 $135,700
50532 Duncombe Webster County IA 889 $65,000 $169,400
49743 — Presque Isle County MI 888 $54,250 $129,900
50529 Dakota City Humboldt County IA 887 $66,111 $119,300
04776 — Aroostook County ME 886 $50,625 $100,800
57334 New Elm Spring Colony Davison County SD 886 $60,000 $179,800
52323 Oxford Junction Jones County IA 879 $55,096 $85,000
52721 Bennett Cedar County IA 874 $75,536 $180,100
50542 Goldfield Wright County IA 873 $67,708 $118,200
57319 Bridgewater McCook County SD 873 $64,250 $150,600
49894 — Delta County MI 872 $62,102 $141,600
53816 Mount Hope Grant County WI 871 $73,021 $207,500
83217 Bancroft Caribou County ID 871 $75,114 $225,500
53544 Hollandale Iowa County WI 869 $100,227 $338,000

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.