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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
51553 Minden Pottawattamie County IA 1,007 $88,750 $207,000
01026 — Hampshire County MA 1,005 $98,438 $283,600
68633 Dodge Dodge County NE 1,005 $82,660 $198,600
68872 St. Libory Howard County NE 1,005 $83,320 $220,600
14066 Pike Wyoming County NY 1,004 $69,688 $131,000
01270 — Berkshire County MA 1,002 $104,961 $350,400
03226 — Belknap County NH 998 $119,375 $388,100
46374 San Pierre Starke County IN 998 $71,500 $185,000
50268 What Cheer Keokuk County IA 997 $56,786 $80,100
81149 Saguache Saguache County CO 995 $54,727 $119,000
05361 Whitingham Windham County VT 993 $79,545 $243,800
68660 St. Edward Boone County NE 993 $59,479 $131,000
61490 Woodhull Henry County IL 990 $67,500 $144,700
50118 Hartford Warren County IA 989 $79,583 $177,100
83262 — Bingham County ID 989 $77,875 $193,600
52728 Buffalo Scott County IA 987 $74,318 $118,300
80832 Ramah Elbert County CO 987 $74,125 $391,000
48613 — Bay County MI 986 $56,106 $155,200
68641 Howells Colfax County NE 986 $71,726 $121,100
68825 Callaway Custer County NE 983 $67,813 $189,400
68740 Hoskins Wayne County NE 981 $100,455 $283,900
51525 Carson Pottawattamie County IA 977 $79,034 $192,900
80728 Fleming Logan County CO 975 $65,250 $179,200
52720 Atalissa Muscatine County IA 972 $83,250 $233,700
68624 Bellwood Butler County NE 971 $73,958 $150,800
47943 — Newton County IN 967 $64,231 $339,500
61771 Secor Woodford County IL 964 $86,250 $270,500
01355 — Franklin County MA 963 $80,327 $357,400
52572 Moulton Appanoose County IA 963 $61,250 $89,400
68070 Weston Saunders County NE 963 $93,750 $227,800
01254 — Berkshire County MA 962 $113,304 $555,300
61279 Buffalo Prairie Mercer County IL 960 $87,279 $164,700
83112 Turnerville Lincoln County WY 956 $156,433 $513,600
89316 Eureka Eureka County NV 951 $72,798 $263,600
49934 Hubbell Houghton County MI 949 $48,563 $81,500
50044 Bussey Marion County IA 948 $75,568 $115,100
59930 West Kootenai Lincoln County MT 947 $65,268 $252,200
61733 Deer Creek Tazewell County IL 944 $93,400 $191,400
68366 Greenwood Cass County NE 943 $100,000 $206,800
52530 Agency Wapello County IA 939 $84,063 $176,300
61569 Trivoli Peoria County IL 939 $75,833 $193,800
68041 Mead Saunders County NE 939 $70,263 $223,500
68810 Alda Hall County NE 937 $53,000 $127,500
14753 Limestone Cattaraugus County NY 929 $44,167 $75,900
60961 Reddick Kankakee County IL 928 $61,193 $160,200
12427 — Greene County NY 926 $73,917 $330,600
64461 Hopkins Nodaway County MO 926 $67,266 $106,300
68716 Beemer Cuming County NE 926 $65,500 $106,000
03243 — Merrimack County NH 924 $79,750 $243,300
14037 — Wyoming County NY 923 $87,955 $260,200

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.