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
13611	Belleville	Jefferson County	NY	265	$54,750	$197,400
52758	McCausland	Scott County	IA	265	$65,625	$185,000
68514	Lincoln	Lancaster County	NE	265	$118,512	$387,900
84063	Randlett	Uintah County	UT	264	$27,050	$258,900
13342	Garrattsville	Otsego County	NY	263	$81,023	—
68448	Talmage	Otoe County	NE	263	$73,906	$106,300
87580	—	Taos County	NM	263	—	—
50057	—	Marion County	IA	261	—	$213,100
50861	Shannon City	Union County	IA	260	$90,139	$90,000
80131	Louviers	Douglas County	CO	258	$82,500	$395,800
80749	Sedgwick	Sedgwick County	CO	257	$73,750	$165,000
83287	—	Bear Lake County	ID	256	$129,688	$653,800
69168	Venango	Perkins County	NE	255	$71,058	$83,800
52566	Kirkville	Wapello County	IA	254	—	$77,500
16732	—	McKean County	PA	253	$67,461	$56,500
84756	Newcastle	Iron County	UT	253	—	$218,800
13087	—	Cortland County	NY	252	$130,455	$193,400
13450	—	Otsego County	NY	251	$62,000	—
50848	Gravity	Taylor County	IA	251	$54,500	$73,100
59926	Martin City	Flathead County	MT	250	—	—
68364	Goehner	Seward County	NE	250	$94,083	$159,200
51540	Hastings	Mills County	IA	246	$91,250	$156,300
61451	—	Peoria County	IL	246	$48,281	$103,100
03852	Milton Mills	Strafford County	NH	245	—	$330,900
18461	—	Wayne County	PA	245	$45,750	$187,500
61233	Andover	Henry County	IL	245	$66,146	$172,500
61311	—	Livingston County	IL	244	—	$116,300
01244	—	Berkshire County	MA	243	$59,655	$584,200
68844	Hazard	Sherman County	NE	243	$63,913	$258,700
69030	Haigler	Dundy County	NE	243	$54,688	$94,200
12424	—	Greene County	NY	242	$60,517	$264,000
52757	Low Moor	Clinton County	IA	242	$56,250	$120,300
13062	—	Tompkins County	NY	241	—	$252,800
69146	Lemoyne	Keith County	NE	241	$44,375	$189,400
81248	—	Saguache County	CO	241	—	—
68063	Uehling	Dodge County	NE	240	$67,500	$97,500
13103	—	Oswego County	NY	239	$65,139	—
80822	Joes	Yuma County	CO	239	$61,111	$162,500
12421	—	Delaware County	NY	238	$97,545	$317,600
50254	Thayer	Union County	IA	238	—	$168,800
61474	St. Augustine	Knox County	IL	238	$57,353	$78,100
68838	Farwell	Howard County	NE	238	$51,250	$275,000
49808	Big Bay	Marquette County	MI	237	$49,063	$254,000
51648	Percival	Fremont County	IA	237	—	$142,100
49921	Dodgeville	Houghton County	MI	236	—	—
61344	Annawan	Bureau County	IL	236	$43,000	$69,500
51520	Arion	Crawford County	IA	235	$58,547	$141,100
68976	Smithfield	Gosper County	NE	233	$82,917	$115,600
61321	Dana	LaSalle County	IL	232	$77,759	$86,600
68828	Comstock	Custer County	NE	232	$56,667	$115,900

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.