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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
68859 North Loup Valley County NE 435 $51,875 $77,200
80612 — Weld County CO 435 — $608,000
84656 Scipio Millard County UT 435 $82,292 $250,000
13319 Chadwicks Oneida County NY 434 $72,726 —
49838 — Mackinac County MI 434 $39,773 $168,800
52325 Parnell Iowa County IA 434 $74,125 $230,000
50108 Grand River Decatur County IA 432 $33,594 $46,300
12176 — Greene County NY 431 $49,250 $197,300
84723 Circleville Piute County UT 431 $74,375 $255,000
13863 — Cortland County NY 430 $71,188 $103,500
61472 Rio Knox County IL 430 $80,192 $149,400
83462 — Lemhi County ID 426 — $366,700
12442 Hunter Greene County NY 425 $50,500 $378,600
52534 Beacon Mahaska County IA 423 $57,375 $73,900
53557 Lowell Dodge County WI 419 $92,664 $169,600
05150 North Springfield Windsor County VT 418 $65,804 $153,300
18439 — Wayne County PA 418 $68,906 $243,100
05260 North Pownal Bennington County VT 416 $62,222 $205,900
51010 Castana Monona County IA 416 $92,083 $107,900
51649 Randolph Fremont County IA 416 $90,781 $175,900
68016 Cedar Creek Cass County NE 415 $115,781 $375,000
50136 Keswick Keokuk County IA 411 $66,125 $105,000
60470 Ransom LaSalle County IL 410 $68,500 $113,800
61042 Harmon Lee County IL 410 $70,000 $123,900
68623 Belgrade Nance County NE 408 $74,107 —
12169 — Rensselaer County NY 407 $39,921 $184,200
51645 Imogene Fremont County IA 407 — $117,600
68321 Brownville Nemaha County NE 404 $108,750 $293,800
51541 Henderson Mills County IA 402 $84,167 $156,300
52576 Ollie Keokuk County IA 402 $79,063 $143,800
64431 Clearmont Nodaway County MO 401 $69,500 $146,300
64632 Cainsville Mercer County MO 401 $49,792 $79,000
69038 Maywood Frontier County NE 399 $66,667 $99,600
69141 Gurley Cheyenne County NE 399 $93,750 $107,400
50103 Garden Grove Decatur County IA 398 $62,500 $90,000
61478 — Warren County IL 397 $80,577 $73,800
13776 Gilbertsville Otsego County NY 395 $72,000 $150,000
13841 Smithville Flats Chenango County NY 394 $53,125 $115,000
50242 Searsboro Poweshiek County IA 394 $70,833 $233,300
68360 Garland Seward County NE 394 $67,308 $231,700
52644 Mount Union Henry County IA 393 $69,716 $155,000
68855 Mason City Custer County NE 393 $76,731 $212,500
52583 Promise City Wayne County IA 391 $59,231 $104,200
68882 Wolbach Greeley County NE 391 $56,250 $60,000
03441 — Cheshire County NH 389 — $303,800
61485 Victoria Knox County IL 388 $62,188 $100,600
12069 — Montgomery County NY 387 — $151,800
05358 — Windham County VT 386 $60,625 $240,600
61358 Rutland LaSalle County IL 385 $87,143 $204,000
50067 Decatur City Decatur County IA 384 $45,000 $112,100

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.