Plant hardiness zone 5A

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

Zone

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
50432	Crystal Lake	Hancock County	IA	229	$82,500	$86,000
05034	—	Windsor County	VT	228	$43,250	$219,400
49748	—	Chippewa County	MI	228	$52,083	$108,100
50042	Brayton	Audubon County	IA	228	$50,500	$117,000
55973	Sargeant	Mower County	MN	228	$88,750	$241,200
68637	Ericson	Wheeler County	NE	228	$39,375	$96,400
53571	Windsor	Dane County	WI	227	$65,850	—
56113	Arco	Lincoln County	MN	227	$68,750	$109,100
51029	Larrabee	Cherokee County	IA	226	$79,688	—
69216	Kilgore	Cherry County	NE	226	$80,893	—
04413	—	Washington County	ME	225	$63,971	$141,700
56160	Odin	Martin County	MN	225	$46,875	$70,700
82423	Frannie	Big Horn County	WY	224	$51,458	$114,100
49962	Skanee	Baraga County	MI	223	$57,750	$189,800
59762	Anaconda-Deer Lodge County	Deer Lodge County	MT	223	$55,625	$440,400
50473	Scarville	Winnebago County	IA	222	—	$141,000
04237	—	Oxford County	ME	220	—	$241,200
50477	Swaledale	Cerro Gordo County	IA	219	$51,161	$75,000
49929	Greenland	Ontonagon County	MI	218	$45,938	$58,800
82643	Midwest	Natrona County	WY	218	$75,707	$70,300
13692	Thousand Island Park	Jefferson County	NY	216	$161,500	$291,300
80742	Raymer (New Raymer)	Weld County	CO	215	$80,833	$237,500
59013	Boyd	Carbon County	MT	213	$134,750	$503,300
53817	Patch Grove	Grant County	WI	212	$39,781	$139,800
49872	—	Delta County	MI	210	$53,173	$164,300
50066	Dawson	Dallas County	IA	208	$67,000	$206,500
12844	—	Washington County	NY	207	$181,696	$1,037,500
04485	—	Piscataquis County	ME	205	$63,750	$216,700
54861	New Odanah	Ashland County	WI	205	—	—
59760	Willow Creek	Gallatin County	MT	205	$69,167	$239,300
56166	Revere	Redwood County	MN	203	$73,750	$190,600
49883	—	Schoolcraft County	MI	202	$50,069	$208,000
57340	Fulton	Hanson County	SD	201	$73,889	$225,000
50570	Ottosen	Humboldt County	IA	200	$70,000	$114,300
50465	Rake	Winnebago County	IA	199	$41,071	$34,200
57027	Fairview	Lincoln County	SD	199	—	$115,400
05083	—	Orange County	VT	198	$55,417	—
50631	Frederika	Bremer County	IA	198	$47,813	$100,500
52164	Randalia	Fayette County	IA	195	$49,375	$121,200
68742	Inman	Holt County	NE	195	$60,000	—
59743	Butte-Silver Bow (balance)	Beaverhead County	MT	192	$50,938	$484,600
51452	Lidderdale	Carroll County	IA	191	$60,000	$119,700
52334	South Amana	Iowa County	IA	190	$120,682	$258,300
84031	—	Duchesne County	UT	190	$69,632	$356,300
12987	—	Essex County	NY	188	$111,083	$223,700
82441	Shell	Big Horn County	WY	188	$59,191	$381,400
59035	Fort Smith	Big Horn County	MT	187	$52,679	$176,200
04492	—	Washington County	ME	185	$43,750	$68,300
13628	Deferiet	Jefferson County	NY	185	$53,750	$116,500
59854	Ovando	Powell County	MT	185	$81,250	$475,000

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.