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
51654	Thurman	Fremont County	IA	301	$76,736	$227,500
60113	Creston	Ogle County	IL	301	$70,536	$179,500
57779	St. Onge	Lawrence County	SD	300	—	$240,500
87827	Pie Town	Catron County	NM	300	$105,924	$245,100
80825	Kit Carson	Cheyenne County	CO	299	$61,000	$252,500
52660	Yarmouth	Des Moines County	IA	298	$128,250	$209,400
80457	Kittredge	Jefferson County	CO	298	—	$385,600
68871	Rockville	Sherman County	NE	297	$47,969	$118,100
49611	Alba	Antrim County	MI	296	$97,554	—
68033	Ithaca	Saunders County	NE	296	$71,429	$187,500
61338	Manlius	Bureau County	IL	295	$67,813	$90,300
80474	Rollinsville	Gilpin County	CO	294	—	$602,200
50218	Patterson	Madison County	IA	293	$71,786	$106,600
69029	Farnam	Frontier County	NE	293	$46,786	$85,800
82050	Albin	Laramie County	WY	293	$165,156	$141,300
51549	Macedonia	Pottawattamie County	IA	292	$67,596	$149,300
61313	—	Livingston County	IL	292	$118,403	$204,500
51556	Modale	Harrison County	IA	289	$59,821	$110,000
69170	Wellfleet	Lincoln County	NE	289	$71,250	$154,500
52767	—	Scott County	IA	287	—	$379,300
12042	—	Greene County	NY	286	—	—
80721	Amherst	Phillips County	CO	285	$100,625	$337,100
49839	Grand Marais	Alger County	MI	284	$55,368	$155,100
52355	Webster	Keokuk County	IA	282	$70,714	$113,200
46376	Schneider	Lake County	IN	280	$68,750	$169,300
63551	Livonia	Putnam County	MO	280	$72,969	$223,600
61315	Bureau Junction	Bureau County	IL	279	$54,063	$53,700
82059	—	Laramie County	WY	279	$161,058	$460,900
03273	—	Merrimack County	NH	277	$183,525	$277,300
59827	Conner	Ravalli County	MT	277	$70,417	$481,900
60539	Batavia	Kane County	IL	277	—	—
64486	Sheridan	Worth County	MO	277	$29,750	$55,700
81222	Coaldale	Fremont County	CO	276	—	$335,700
61466	North Henderson	Mercer County	IL	274	$70,521	$90,400
68648	Morse Bluff	Saunders County	NE	274	$75,813	$218,800
61333	Long Point	Livingston County	IL	270	$54,375	$98,000
64667	Newtown	Sullivan County	MO	270	$68,056	$48,600
57367	Pickstown	Charles Mix County	SD	269	$94,688	$275,000
61372	Troy Grove	LaSalle County	IL	269	$81,838	$186,300
61553	Norris	Fulton County	IL	269	$61,667	$69,400
68950	Holstein	Adams County	NE	269	$73,938	$108,200
61439	Henderson	Knox County	IL	268	$56,429	$97,500
64476	Pickering	Nodaway County	MO	268	$53,906	$109,400
46379	—	Newton County	IN	267	$96,490	$156,300
50068	Derby	Lucas County	IA	267	$51,528	$118,300
64498	Blanchard	Atchison County	MO	267	$68,456	$71,000
13804	—	Delaware County	NY	266	$58,056	$129,500
13860	—	Delaware County	NY	266	$138,967	—
52646	Oakville	Des Moines County	IA	266	$60,000	$150,000
68820	Howard City (Boelus)	Howard County	NE	266	$78,333	$110,800

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.