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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
50561 Lytton Calhoun County IA 677 $67,188 $106,500
50575 Pomeroy Calhoun County IA 677 $55,694 $77,100
52329 Rowley Buchanan County IA 677 $59,688 $171,400
04255 — Oxford County ME 676 $54,107 $223,300
59066 Pryor Big Horn County MT 675 $51,563 $121,100
69352 Lyman Scotts Bluff County NE 672 $54,194 $96,400
57031 Gayville Yankton County SD 670 $73,487 $138,000
68726 Clearwater Antelope County NE 669 $64,417 $109,800
03765 — Grafton County NH 667 — $296,000
56027 Elmore Faribault County MN 667 $48,214 $56,800
84028 Garden Rich County UT 667 $41,964 $527,300
51018 Cushing Ida County IA 665 $72,222 $312,700
50650 Lamont Buchanan County IA 664 $52,083 $105,400
05146 Grafton Windham County VT 663 $86,750 $295,300
50167 Minburn Dallas County IA 662 $74,018 $170,500
50460 Orchard Mitchell County IA 659 $72,396 $220,000
50578 Ringsted Emmet County IA 659 $68,938 $97,500
59018 Clyde Park Park County MT 656 $60,556 $330,600
05874 — Orleans County VT 655 $91,607 $283,300
82639 Kaycee Johnson County WY 649 $73,173 $251,900
56051 Kiester Faribault County MN 648 $50,909 $55,700
51465 Vail Crawford County IA 645 $70,000 $119,900
68725 Chambers Holt County NE 643 $50,500 $125,700
52135 Clermont Fayette County IA 641 $75,313 $120,300
68030 Homer Dakota County NE 641 $87,639 $183,600
50173 Montour Tama County IA 640 $82,188 $205,400
05252 Arlington Bennington County VT 638 $72,813 $208,800
52154 Lawler Chickasaw County IA 638 $55,833 $133,500
68778 Springview Keya Paha County NE 635 $59,375 $108,900
80428 — Routt County CO 635 $103,750 $723,500
68727 Coleridge Cedar County NE 634 $52,589 $95,000
83261 Paris Bear Lake County ID 634 $82,500 $235,700
83425 Hamer Jefferson County ID 634 $70,000 $222,400
57359 Letcher Sanborn County SD 632 $101,250 $161,800
81433 Silverton San Juan County CO 626 $72,639 $402,900
03586 — Grafton County NH 625 $137,500 $608,600
05253 East Dorset Bennington County VT 624 — $378,800
51467 Westside Crawford County IA 623 $65,000 $175,400
49963 South Range Houghton County MI 621 $55,250 $83,300
56122 Chandler Murray County MN 621 $81,500 $163,200
57317 Bonesteel Gregory County SD 621 $52,500 $120,300
49667 — Missaukee County MI 620 $46,806 $130,700
49762 Naubinway Mackinac County MI 620 $48,304 $144,500
50476 Stacyville Mitchell County IA 619 $62,308 $120,300
57365 Oacoma Lyman County SD 619 $63,611 $259,300
51020 Galva Ida County IA 615 $75,938 $106,300
56167 Round Lake Jackson County MN 615 $68,611 $116,200
50523 Callender Webster County IA 614 $83,333 $137,900
50569 Otho Webster County IA 614 $46,406 $86,000
50448 Bolan Worth County IA 613 $60,000 $123,800

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.