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
01438	—	Worcester County	MA	192	—	$243,300
16333	—	McKean County	PA	191	$44,500	$71,800
50863	Tingley	Ringgold County	IA	191	$67,083	$90,800
83468	—	Lemhi County	ID	191	$68,750	$348,800
01343	—	Berkshire County	MA	190	$84,271	$265,000
64672	Powersville	Putnam County	MO	190	$44,708	—
80823	—	Lincoln County	CO	190	$43,750	$179,400
51650	Riverton	Fremont County	IA	189	$47,026	$47,800
49312	—	Newaygo County	MI	188	$40,208	$123,200
05351	—	Windham County	VT	187	—	$262,500
52759	Montpelier	Muscatine County	IA	187	$68,692	$255,200
13418	—	Madison County	NY	186	$113,125	$125,000
50116	Marysville	Marion County	IA	185	—	$152,800
68747	McLean	Pierce County	NE	185	$95,114	—
01264	—	Berkshire County	MA	184	$85,313	$666,700
13636	Ellisburg	Jefferson County	NY	184	$52,500	$175,000
14173	Yorkshire	Cattaraugus County	NY	183	—	—
16744	Rew	McKean County	PA	183	$89,500	$118,100
61435	—	Warren County	IL	181	—	—
12767	—	Sullivan County	NY	180	—	$408,300
05362	—	Windham County	VT	179	$60,125	$328,400
15561	—	Somerset County	PA	179	$56,500	$115,000
54215	Kellnersville	Manitowoc County	WI	178	$42,375	$148,000
64458	—	Harrison County	MO	177	$25,625	—
14721	—	Allegany County	NY	176	$53,984	$139,300
16734	James City	Elk County	PA	176	$64,028	$53,900
61417	—	Warren County	IL	176	$82,031	$78,000
69214	Johnstown	Brown County	NE	175	$61,304	$180,800
61258	Hooppole	Henry County	IL	174	$41,927	$75,000
03233	—	Merrimack County	NH	171	$116,875	$396,700
80546	Severance	Weld County	CO	171	—	—
83281	—	Bannock County	ID	171	$128,701	$303,700
48852	McBride	Montcalm County	MI	170	$46,250	$94,000
50274	Wiota	Cass County	IA	170	$71,875	$126,800
50027	Barnes City	Mahaska County	IA	169	$45,313	$100,000
83277	—	Bingham County	ID	169	$67,969	$194,400
51554	Mineola	Mills County	IA	167	$100,208	$257,100
61243	Deer Grove	Whiteside County	IL	167	$117,000	$220,300
04686	—	Washington County	ME	166	$48,750	$101,800
61043	Holcomb	Ogle County	IL	166	$61,250	$122,700
01242	Lenox Dale	Berkshire County	MA	165	—	—
68621	Ames	Dodge County	NE	164	$74,844	$187,100
64467	—	Harrison County	MO	163	—	$237,500
68945	Heartwell	Kearney County	NE	162	$63,036	$312,500
80532	—	Larimer County	CO	162	$50,542	$313,000
82084	—	Albany County	WY	162	—	$479,200
12460	Preston-Potter Hollow	Albany County	NY	161	—	$213,100
68414	Nemaha	Nemaha County	NE	160	$90,833	$71,400
80750	Snyder	Morgan County	CO	160	$83,839	$248,400
14881	Slaterville Springs	Tompkins County	NY	159	$82,321	—

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.