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
82638	—	Natrona County	WY	116	—	—
57041	Lyons	Minnehaha County	SD	115	$133,125	—
54645	Mount Sterling	Crawford County	WI	114	$48,472	$130,000
13301	—	Oneida County	NY	113	$124,559	$320,000
50664	—	Fayette County	IA	110	—	$120,200
12975	—	Essex County	NY	107	—	$97,000
49833	—	Marquette County	MI	106	—	$124,100
57574	—	Bennett County	SD	106	$2,499	$273,300
57585	Wood	Mellette County	SD	105	$44,688	$103,800
59007	Bearcreek	Carbon County	MT	105	$110,250	$200,000
59065	South Glastonbury	Park County	MT	104	$121,071	$793,800
59724	Dell	Beaverhead County	MT	104	$57,188	$350,000
49826	—	Alger County	MI	103	—	$166,700
56147	Kenneth	Rock County	MN	103	$42,188	$119,600
59026	Edgar	Carbon County	MT	103	$61,477	$345,500
55111	—	Hennepin County	MN	100	—	—
59746	Maverick Mountain	Beaverhead County	MT	100	—	$353,300
82845	—	Sheridan County	WY	100	—	$264,700
12854	—	Washington County	NY	98	—	—
83253	—	Lemhi County	ID	98	—	—
50078	Ferguson	Marshall County	IA	97	$51,250	$75,700
52066	North Buena Vista	Clayton County	IA	97	$52,500	$83,300
82943	Reliance	Sweetwater County	WY	96	—	—
49952	—	Houghton County	MI	93	$68,750	$107,100
54978	—	Shawano County	WI	93	$87,143	$120,200
69157	—	Blaine County	NE	91	$72,917	$58,300
50064	Dana	Greene County	IA	89	$92,841	$158,000
50652	Lincoln	Tama County	IA	88	$56,875	$102,900
12841	—	Washington County	NY	87	$61,389	$1,031,300
53928	Doylestown	Columbia County	WI	86	$83,125	$137,500
50527	Curlew	Palo Alto County	IA	85	$65,000	$83,800
68821	Brewster	Blaine County	NE	85	$26,944	$181,600
57531	Draper	Jones County	SD	84	$54,000	$57,200
57780	—	Pennington County	SD	84	$40,536	—
49873	—	Menominee County	MI	83	$57,917	$164,600
50552	Knierim	Calhoun County	IA	83	$85,313	—
53599	Woodford	Lafayette County	WI	83	—	$87,400
04925	—	Somerset County	ME	80	$71,250	$514,700
51340	Fostoria	Clay County	IA	80	$88,750	$116,700
83220	—	Bear Lake County	ID	80	$74,464	—
68789	Winnetoon	Knox County	NE	78	$89,167	—
82635	Edgerton	Natrona County	WY	78	$26,406	$26,300
68711	—	Holt County	NE	77	$55,865	—
13623	—	St. Lawrence County	NY	76	$43,977	$114,800
50467	Rock Falls	Cerro Gordo County	IA	76	$65,625	$160,400
82229	Lost Springs	Converse County	WY	75	—	—
83424	—	Teton County	ID	75	—	—
57354	Kaylor	Hutchinson County	SD	74	—	—
57584	New Witten	Tripp County	SD	74	$37,700	—
04226	—	Oxford County	ME	73	$37,375	$147,900

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.