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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
13784 — Cortland County NY 383 $73,265 —
68766 Page Holt County NE 383 $79,107 $113,000
03751 — Sullivan County NH 382 $38,892 $249,400
69121 Arthur Arthur County NE 381 $64,250 $194,400
12439 — Greene County NY 380 $88,958 $170,800
60946 Kempton Ford County IL 380 $75,000 $68,000
12410 Pine Hill Ulster County NY 379 $31,033 $252,200
51572 Soldier Monona County IA 379 $70,000 $125,000
69150 Madrid Perkins County NE 379 $85,521 $177,000
64475 Parnell Nodaway County MO 378 $45,750 $99,500
80455 Glendale Boulder County CO 378 $175,438 $535,700
13136 — Chenango County NY 377 $41,944 $103,000
80804 Arriba Lincoln County CO 376 $40,313 $146,500
04359 Gardiner Kennebec County ME 375 $120,652 $198,500
52752 Grandview Louisa County IA 374 $52,250 $116,700
69167 Tryon McPherson County NE 372 $58,750 $110,600
83525 Elk City Idaho County ID 372 $45,521 $286,300
61312 Arlington Bureau County IL 371 $86,250 $124,300
53505 — Rock County WI 370 $96,667 $258,300
68925 Ayr Adams County NE 370 $70,208 $172,700
12454 — Greene County NY 368 $104,306 $441,200
83118 Nordic Lincoln County WY 367 $85,370 $353,700
68040 Malmo Saunders County NE 366 — $265,400
68348 Elk Creek Johnson County NE 366 $68,789 —
14884 — Allegany County NY 363 $59,167 $116,900
16943 — Potter County PA 363 $57,813 $162,500
61359 Seatonville Bureau County IL 362 $47,151 $95,500
68858 Miller Buffalo County NE 362 $72,917 $179,200
12177 Tribes Hill Montgomery County NY 361 $89,890 —
13364 — Madison County NY 359 $77,739 $127,000
69366 — Cherry County NE 359 $92,813 $195,300
68817 Ashton Sherman County NE 357 $82,734 $91,500
50147 Lineville Wayne County IA 355 $48,571 $58,100
69133 Dix Kimball County NE 354 $54,792 $124,600
12041 — Albany County NY 353 $117,557 $196,500
68948 Holbrook Furnas County NE 353 $67,734 $85,200
50119 Harvey Marion County IA 352 $50,833 $98,900
68058 South Bend Cass County NE 352 $129,479 $473,300
80824 Kirk Yuma County CO 352 $140,438 $279,200
49805 Eagle River Keweenaw County MI 351 $46,250 $115,600
05056 — Windsor County VT 350 $71,375 $341,700
18843 — Susquehanna County PA 349 — $203,800
50243 Sheldahl Polk County IA 348 $67,500 $175,000
52560 Floris Davis County IA 348 $84,063 —
80834 Seibert Kit Carson County CO 348 $58,750 $208,300
14060 — Allegany County NY 346 $79,145 $97,900
68664 Snyder Dodge County NE 345 $80,625 $90,500
84667 Wales Sanpete County UT 345 $75,625 $340,600
52359 West Chester Washington County IA 344 $69,063 $162,500
68631 Creston Platte County NE 344 $61,875 $213,100

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.