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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
53027 Hartford Washington County WI 23,201 $85,708 $290,200
12078 Gloversville Fulton County NY 23,087 $54,565 $122,400
53916 Beaver Dam Dodge County WI 22,956 $72,704 $212,200
51104 Sioux City Woodbury County IA 22,792 $74,984 $193,000
57105 Sioux Falls Minnehaha County SD 22,764 $74,066 $247,900
55430 Brooklyn Center Hennepin County MN 22,569 $77,385 $243,800
05452 Essex Junction Chittenden County VT 22,494 $97,697 $404,200
55317 Chanhassen Carver County MN 22,373 $133,573 $505,300
49601 Cadillac Wexford County MI 22,121 $65,704 $166,500
57110 Sioux Falls Minnehaha County SD 22,017 $87,114 $365,600
56007 Albert Lea Freeborn County MN 21,467 $66,479 $161,100
53913 Baraboo Sauk County WI 21,342 $73,856 $214,500
55305 Minnetonka Hennepin County MN 21,274 $106,480 $442,200
55076 Inver Grove Heights Dakota County MN 21,258 $98,026 $308,900
55345 Minnetonka Hennepin County MN 21,255 $143,287 $478,800
50702 Waterloo Black Hawk County IA 21,197 $59,784 $145,800
55447 Plymouth Hennepin County MN 21,001 $128,781 $454,500
49735 Gaylord Otsego County MI 20,678 $69,050 $200,800
53597 Waunakee Dane County WI 20,671 $114,542 $462,900
55075 South St. Paul Dakota County MN 20,651 $84,573 $267,000
57078 Yankton Yankton County SD 20,547 $72,395 $213,300
05403 South Burlington Chittenden County VT 20,385 $97,041 $399,100
55410 Minneapolis Hennepin County MN 20,361 $144,973 $597,400
59106 Billings Yellowstone County MT 20,232 $122,374 $483,100
05701 Rutland Rutland County VT 20,142 $58,744 $202,800
55102 St. Paul Ramsey County MN 19,565 $74,143 $280,400
55331 Shorewood Hennepin County MN 19,291 $160,029 $707,000
55437 Bloomington Hennepin County MN 19,282 $98,120 $362,600
57301 Mitchell Davison County SD 19,142 $60,671 $191,300
55431 Bloomington Hennepin County MN 19,075 $103,125 $354,300
54455 Kronenwetter Marathon County WI 18,994 $94,609 $226,500
82501 Arapahoe Fremont County WY 18,946 $62,456 $226,400
82609 Casper Natrona County WY 18,759 $70,902 $280,800
55130 St. Paul Ramsey County MN 18,634 $53,281 $220,300
55127 North Oaks Ramsey County MN 18,607 $113,355 $409,400
55346 Eden Prairie Hennepin County MN 18,602 $137,125 $463,800
50703 Waterloo Black Hawk County IA 18,397 $49,412 $92,500
55441 Plymouth Hennepin County MN 18,242 $100,288 $463,300
52002 Dubuque Dubuque County IA 17,931 $88,060 $273,400
53575 Fitchburg Dane County WI 17,790 $110,388 $384,700
57703 Rapid City Pennington County SD 17,543 $84,495 $250,300
55444 Brooklyn Park Hennepin County MN 17,428 $114,545 $306,900
55403 Minneapolis Hennepin County MN 17,354 $59,928 $285,200
56073 New Ulm Brown County MN 17,325 $69,698 $207,600
51103 Sioux City Woodbury County IA 17,145 $57,212 $124,400
82716 Gillette Campbell County WY 17,091 $77,169 $234,700
05641 Barre Washington County VT 16,969 $70,019 $241,700
69361 Scottsbluff Sioux County NE 16,965 $55,531 $154,400
55405 Minneapolis Hennepin County MN 16,915 $70,425 $450,200
49829 Escanaba Delta County MI 16,859 $45,808 $139,000

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.