Plant hardiness zone 5B

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

Zone

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
13844	—	Chenango County	NY	543	$66,635	$89,800
80744	Ovid	Sedgwick County	CO	543	$42,813	$120,800
52567	Libertyville	Jefferson County	IA	542	$79,265	$179,000
68878	Sumner	Dawson County	NE	542	$80,938	$104,200
52569	Melrose	Monroe County	IA	541	$48,333	$71,300
50141	Laurel	Marshall County	IA	537	$75,625	$139,000
80820	Guffey	Park County	CO	537	$70,913	$392,300
84338	Trenton	Cache County	UT	534	$83,000	$316,700
52236	Homestead	Iowa County	IA	533	$86,776	$226,100
14777	Rushford	Allegany County	NY	531	$62,768	$83,500
54927	Butte des Morts	Winnebago County	WI	530	$126,012	$235,500
68654	Polk	Polk County	NE	528	$63,125	$95,600
04691	—	Washington County	ME	527	$52,400	$173,400
64426	Blythedale	Harrison County	MO	527	$66,250	$28,200
80727	Eckley	Yuma County	CO	527	$65,938	$115,500
12766	—	Sullivan County	NY	524	—	$362,300
60912	Beaverville	Iroquois County	IL	524	$51,667	$86,300
05344	—	Windham County	VT	522	—	—
61336	Magnolia	Putnam County	IL	522	$88,333	$179,800
60109	Burlington	Kane County	IL	520	$81,528	$304,000
83218	Basalt	Bingham County	ID	520	$71,500	$267,900
12444	—	Greene County	NY	519	$55,000	$352,900
12436	Haines Falls	Greene County	NY	516	$99,871	$241,800
68870	Riverdale	Buffalo County	NE	516	$83,375	$217,000
84035	Jensen	Uintah County	UT	515	—	$181,400
04628	—	Washington County	ME	514	$50,427	$126,400
13832	—	Chenango County	NY	513	$70,625	$136,200
51564	Pisgah	Harrison County	IA	512	$71,484	$108,100
68626	Brainard	Butler County	NE	511	$100,313	$183,600
60928	Crescent City	Iroquois County	IL	509	$57,500	$114,000
12147	—	Albany County	NY	508	$92,813	$235,100
81656	Woody Creek	Pitkin County	CO	508	—	$2,000,001
64471	New Hampton	Harrison County	MO	505	$44,063	$75,300
51536	Hancock	Pottawattamie County	IA	504	$96,250	$152,700
14816	Breesport	Chemung County	NY	502	$46,417	$111,100
68316	Benedict	York County	NE	502	$76,250	$121,000
50065	Davis City	Decatur County	IA	500	$51,111	$75,800
12480	—	Greene County	NY	499	$64,784	$295,700
69043	Stratton	Hitchcock County	NE	499	$50,294	$76,500
51636	Coin	Page County	IA	497	$61,932	$86,500
52231	Harper	Keokuk County	IA	497	$69,545	$228,700
61340	Mark	Putnam County	IL	497	$79,286	$153,600
50264	Weldon	Clarke County	IA	496	$61,250	—
61067	Ridott	Stephenson County	IL	496	$61,500	$195,800
68957	Lawrence	Nuckolls County	NE	495	$100,703	$116,100
04648	—	Washington County	ME	494	$54,375	$109,500
51548	McClelland	Pottawattamie County	IA	494	$112,917	$219,000
14069	—	Erie County	NY	492	$56,360	$212,100
80652	—	Weld County	CO	492	$53,235	$473,000
81126	—	Costilla County	CO	491	$50,776	$167,600

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.