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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
68743 Jackson Dakota County NE 796 $71,467 $200,000
52156 Luana Clayton County IA 795 $90,000 $216,800
57559 Murdo Jones County SD 795 $68,295 $123,600
50071 Dows Wright County IA 793 $75,156 $71,800
82325 Encampment Carbon County WY 793 $54,559 $212,900
50107 Grand Junction Greene County IA 791 $51,250 $79,400
49812 Carney Menominee County MI 789 $58,281 $156,100
50471 Rudd Floyd County IA 786 $85,625 $112,900
57543 Kadoka Jackson County SD 786 $26,771 $159,100
81130 City of Creede Mineral County CO 786 $52,461 $404,800
05742 — Rutland County VT 785 $76,250 $276,100
51439 Charter Oak Crawford County IA 785 $59,231 $86,300
59643 Toston Broadwater County MT 785 $48,321 $322,200
50479 Thornton Cerro Gordo County IA 783 $71,250 $112,200
82442 Ten Sleep Washakie County WY 783 $43,750 $334,200
05088 Wilder Windsor County VT 780 $76,176 $229,000
56129 Ellsworth Nobles County MN 780 $66,667 $118,600
05035 — Windsor County VT 779 $68,651 $186,300
50142 Le Grand Marshall County IA 779 $68,438 $124,300
68757 Newcastle Dixon County NE 779 $85,357 $114,900
81146 — Alamosa County CO 779 $69,138 $225,900
05652 North Hyde Park Lamoille County VT 778 $71,667 $178,100
05081 Wells River Orange County VT 775 $56,971 $266,000
12985 — Clinton County NY 775 $74,432 $157,700
05757 Middletown Springs Rutland County VT 774 $71,333 $240,200
05359 — Windham County VT 773 $76,250 $292,600
13470 — Fulton County NY 771 $64,028 $146,600
57370 Pukwana Brule County SD 770 $66,250 $187,500
52054 La Motte Jackson County IA 769 $103,558 $209,100
50666 Plainfield Bremer County IA 768 $76,380 $168,200
56019 Comfrey Brown County MN 767 $68,750 $145,400
68665 Spalding Greeley County NE 767 $62,917 $108,700
05340 Stratton Mountain Bennington County VT 764 $80,000 $382,100
50435 Floyd Floyd County IA 764 $68,194 $148,400
05161 Weston Windsor County VT 759 $121,375 $551,900
56080 St. Clair Blue Earth County MN 759 $100,750 $199,200
50050 Churdan Greene County IA 758 $66,875 $102,300
13454 Salisbury Center Herkimer County NY 754 $100,156 —
56042 Hartland Freeborn County MN 752 $80,500 $200,800
04091 — Cumberland County ME 751 $79,500 $242,800
50581 Rolfe Pocahontas County IA 751 $59,018 $78,000
82842 Story Sheridan County WY 749 $130,606 $359,800
68764 Orchard Antelope County NE 748 $65,000 $108,900
50558 Livermore Humboldt County IA 745 $65,313 $109,700
52326 Quasqueton Buchanan County IA 745 $64,844 $127,200
04487 — Penobscot County ME 742 $41,136 $87,100
82212 Fort Laramie Goshen County WY 741 $66,914 $232,100
57332 Emery Hanson County SD 740 $71,875 $148,200
04406 — Piscataquis County ME 739 $53,250 $161,900
51047 Peterson Clay County IA 739 $93,125 $130,500

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.