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Plant hardiness zone 5B

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

Zone
5B
ZIP codes
2,697
Population
14,963,040
Median household income (avg.)
$78,158
Average home value
$236,370
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What is USDA zone 5B?

Zone 5B 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 2,697 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 14,963,040 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 5B, 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 5B

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
50265 West Des Moines Polk County IA 33,061 $84,588 $267,600
60139 Glendale Heights DuPage County IL 32,954 $81,996 $249,300
53151 New Berlin Waukesha County WI 32,865 $99,248 $351,300
60102 Algonquin McHenry County IL 32,303 $128,070 $320,600
60050 McHenry McHenry County IL 31,870 $86,315 $244,500
50322 Urbandale Polk County IA 31,694 $89,323 $263,900
05401 Burlington Chittenden County VT 31,676 $60,532 $463,300
54914 Appleton Outagamie County WI 31,448 $77,199 $210,200
50014 Ames Story County IA 31,429 $57,372 $312,700
54302 Green Bay Brown County WI 31,426 $55,772 $164,500
50310 Des Moines Polk County IA 31,283 $74,473 $213,800
68025 Fremont Dodge County NE 31,201 $69,467 $201,900
68701 Norfolk Madison County NE 31,172 $64,862 $200,400
59801 Missoula Missoula County MT 31,127 $55,022 $393,400
60189 Wheaton DuPage County IL 30,866 $124,886 $467,300
61401 Galesburg Knox County IL 30,684 $47,728 $94,900
84078 Naples Uintah County UT 30,669 $71,230 $279,000
68601 Columbus Platte County NE 30,619 $70,697 $204,700
60174 St. Charles Kane County IL 30,481 $102,408 $348,100
60538 Montgomery Kendall County IL 30,395 $92,064 $253,900
52501 Ottumwa Wapello County IA 30,341 $59,091 $109,600
68801 Grand Island Hall County NE 30,305 $63,214 $186,600
61108 Rockford Winnebago County IL 30,202 $63,046 $128,300
60134 Geneva Kane County IL 29,838 $148,283 $427,300
52761 Muscatine Muscatine County IA 29,800 $63,924 $164,500
50021 Ankeny Polk County IA 29,718 $98,847 $295,000
83402 Idaho Falls Bonneville County ID 29,683 $72,064 $301,400
53546 Janesville Rock County WI 29,482 $73,430 $220,100
61107 Rockford Winnebago County IL 29,473 $75,492 $165,200
60142 Huntley McHenry County IL 29,452 $87,286 $324,300
80132 Monument El Paso County CO 29,379 $155,176 $700,900
83221 Fort Hall Bingham County ID 29,244 $77,889 $250,200
53105 Rochester Racine County WI 29,051 $88,798 $295,100
60187 Wheaton DuPage County IL 28,867 $119,048 $432,200
60156 Lake in the Hills McHenry County IL 28,853 $113,491 $296,400
60532 Lisle DuPage County IL 28,635 $100,373 $387,800
60516 Downers Grove DuPage County IL 28,594 $118,780 $423,000
60510 Batavia Kane County IL 28,577 $120,925 $363,000
60914 Bourbonnais Kankakee County IL 28,503 $88,688 $240,500
13045 Cortland West Cortland County NY 28,388 $67,028 $162,700
47933 Crawfordsville Montgomery County IN 28,227 $61,968 $176,400
54130 Kaukauna Outagamie County WI 28,030 $86,364 $242,300
60544 Plainfield Will County IL 27,937 $108,447 $311,700
54304 Ashwaubenon Brown County WI 27,876 $60,369 $200,800
60560 Yorkville Kendall County IL 27,798 $112,160 $324,900
80109 Castle Rock Douglas County CO 27,795 $148,417 $648,900
52806 Davenport Scott County IA 27,695 $73,682 $188,100
54303 Green Bay Brown County WI 27,694 $58,110 $160,100
53220 Greenfield Milwaukee County WI 27,678 $69,301 $218,800
53095 West Bend Washington County WI 27,635 $82,219 $286,500

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 5B mean?

Zone 5B 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 5B; 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.