Plant hardiness zone 5A
ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 5A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59917 | Indian Springs | Lincoln County | MT | 5,086 | $61,008 | $295,300 |
| 55120 | Mendota Heights | Dakota County | MN | 5,080 | $111,900 | $484,700 |
| 05407 | — | — | — | 5,063 | $73,483 | $318,900 |
| 51247 | Rock Valley | Sioux County | IA | 5,028 | $73,451 | $238,200 |
| 54667 | Westby | Vernon County | WI | 5,013 | $71,687 | $209,500 |
| 56085 | Sleepy Eye | Brown County | MN | 5,013 | $70,429 | $162,100 |
| 82902 | — | — | — | 5,000 | $92,557 | $276,900 |
| 48632 | — | Clare County | MI | 4,995 | $51,740 | $130,300 |
| 54402 | — | — | — | 4,994 | $59,722 | $166,500 |
| 04429 | — | Hancock County | ME | 4,993 | $92,223 | $268,200 |
| 51351 | Milford | Dickinson County | IA | 4,990 | $67,628 | $256,100 |
| 59752 | Wheatland | Gallatin County | MT | 4,982 | $82,228 | $426,600 |
| 04426 | Dover-Foxcroft | Piscataquis County | ME | 4,975 | $58,750 | $145,600 |
| 80645 | Evans | Weld County | CO | 4,970 | $84,327 | $404,300 |
| 54106 | Black Creek | Outagamie County | WI | 4,945 | $88,606 | $254,500 |
| 53032 | Kekoskee | Dodge County | WI | 4,942 | $53,564 | $174,200 |
| 05676 | Waterbury | Washington County | VT | 4,894 | $91,488 | $347,000 |
| 59104 | — | — | — | 4,878 | $50,313 | $261,900 |
| 13452 | St. Johnsville | Fulton County | NY | 4,850 | $65,890 | $106,500 |
| 05461 | Hinesburg | Chittenden County | VT | 4,815 | $112,589 | $450,900 |
| 55921 | Caledonia | Houston County | MN | 4,793 | $76,679 | $189,600 |
| 04950 | Madison | Somerset County | ME | 4,761 | $48,750 | $154,300 |
| 53039 | Juneau | Dodge County | WI | 4,728 | $83,092 | $212,200 |
| 49706 | Brutus | Emmet County | MI | 4,712 | $63,573 | $208,500 |
| 53809 | Fennimore | Grant County | WI | 4,701 | $64,583 | $183,000 |
| 53565 | Mineral Point | Iowa County | WI | 4,672 | $81,362 | $254,200 |
| 55114 | St. Paul | Ramsey County | MN | 4,655 | $65,236 | $296,900 |
| 04239 | Chisholm | Franklin County | ME | 4,644 | $77,575 | $162,500 |
| 04262 | — | — | — | 4,644 | $77,575 | $162,500 |
| 12887 | Whitehall | Washington County | NY | 4,629 | $55,361 | $121,600 |
| 52068 | Peosta | Dubuque County | IA | 4,582 | $123,096 | $345,700 |
| 53530 | Darlington | Lafayette County | WI | 4,581 | $69,598 | $175,000 |
| 03748 | Enfield | Grafton County | NH | 4,568 | $96,335 | $338,500 |
| 54474 | Rothschild | Marathon County | WI | 4,560 | $78,125 | $184,200 |
| 56013 | Blue Earth | Faribault County | MN | 4,534 | $64,360 | $160,700 |
| 82443 | Lucerne | Hot Springs County | WY | 4,534 | $67,869 | $217,500 |
| 12885 | Warrensburg | Warren County | NY | 4,531 | $65,454 | $149,000 |
| 56143 | Jackson | Jackson County | MN | 4,529 | $64,865 | $158,100 |
| 54940 | Fremont | Waushara County | WI | 4,502 | $87,900 | $286,300 |
| 04462 | Millinocket | Piscataquis County | ME | 4,462 | $44,167 | $89,700 |
| 55055 | Newport | Washington County | MN | 4,460 | $63,365 | $331,300 |
| 13624 | Clayton | Jefferson County | NY | 4,438 | $79,167 | $224,000 |
| 59108 | — | — | — | 4,413 | $49,333 | $244,300 |
| 12845 | Lake George | Warren County | NY | 4,389 | $95,583 | $371,700 |
| 57013 | Canton | Lincoln County | SD | 4,378 | $77,813 | $224,600 |
| 05477 | Richmond | Chittenden County | VT | 4,374 | $118,214 | $403,800 |
| 48651 | Prudenville | Roscommon County | MI | 4,331 | $42,938 | $156,000 |
| 61025 | East Dubuque | Jo Daviess County | IL | 4,331 | $84,177 | $174,400 |
| 52339 | Tama | Tama County | IA | 4,311 | $59,522 | $117,500 |
| 53946 | Markesan | Green Lake County | WI | 4,308 | $73,250 | $233,000 |
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.