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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
61103 Rockford Winnebago County IL 23,238 $47,390 $114,800
53045 Brookfield Waukesha County WI 23,072 $116,541 $443,500
52403 Cedar Rapids Linn County IA 23,023 $73,848 $190,700
53227 West Allis Milwaukee County WI 22,988 $71,594 $214,300
13820 Oneonta Otsego County NY 22,954 $66,217 $176,300
52241 Coralville Johnson County IA 22,846 $66,508 $286,000
61111 Loves Park Winnebago County IL 22,838 $58,391 $143,700
59808 Missoula Missoula County MT 22,804 $76,795 $419,800
52245 Iowa City Johnson County IA 22,765 $75,876 $293,300
61021 Dixon Lee County IL 22,690 $65,719 $144,800
54904 Oshkosh Winnebago County WI 22,428 $95,813 $258,900
61115 Machesney Park Winnebago County IL 22,424 $73,771 $160,700
52317 North Liberty Johnson County IA 22,392 $108,156 $314,700
53005 Brookfield Waukesha County WI 22,125 $123,486 $386,300
04011 Brunswick Cumberland County ME 22,081 $74,102 $343,600
49707 Alpena Alpena County MI 22,050 $50,699 $134,900
50009 Altoona Polk County IA 21,992 $90,393 $261,800
54902 Oshkosh Winnebago County WI 21,982 $64,548 $163,900
52246 Iowa City Johnson County IA 21,944 $55,088 $327,100
68005 Bellevue Sarpy County NE 21,912 $66,347 $193,600
53090 West Bend Washington County WI 21,889 $87,786 $267,500
54937 Fond du Lac Fond du Lac County WI 21,877 $79,212 $262,000
52803 Davenport Scott County IA 21,868 $61,082 $157,900
60140 Hampshire Kane County IL 21,844 $114,675 $316,900
82007 Cheyenne Laramie County WY 21,800 $55,461 $218,400
53083 Sheboygan Sheboygan County WI 21,745 $77,739 $235,500
60178 Sycamore DeKalb County IL 21,709 $88,314 $262,700
54301 Allouez Brown County WI 21,674 $76,768 $205,900
53224 Milwaukee Milwaukee County WI 21,445 $69,727 $194,600
53029 Hartland Waukesha County WI 21,420 $109,778 $449,800
01440 Gardner Worcester County MA 21,298 $63,526 $270,500
68845 Kearney Buffalo County NE 21,012 $75,350 $274,200
60450 Morris Grundy County IL 20,918 $81,716 $266,600
61081 Sterling Whiteside County IL 20,916 $60,854 $121,000
80403 Coal Creek Jefferson County CO 20,789 $145,315 $797,100
80620 Evans Weld County CO 20,776 $71,410 $315,400
04072 Saco York County ME 20,636 $84,328 $370,300
53548 Janesville Rock County WI 20,509 $74,696 $226,600
04092 Westbrook Cumberland County ME 20,484 $85,868 $341,800
53190 Whitewater Walworth County WI 20,461 $59,598 $247,000
84098 Summit Park Summit County UT 20,311 $171,151 $1,117,700
50208 Newton Jasper County IA 20,270 $61,064 $161,900
53089 Sussex Waukesha County WI 20,202 $116,042 $387,100
60404 Shorewood Will County IL 20,052 $121,696 $319,800
50125 Indianola Warren County IA 20,009 $86,463 $248,700
61073 Roscoe Winnebago County IL 20,008 $104,534 $228,900
83406 Ammon Bonneville County ID 19,991 $90,654 $350,500
60194 Schaumburg Cook County IL 19,932 $97,876 $310,600
53022 Germantown Washington County WI 19,883 $105,324 $353,000
59802 Missoula Missoula County MT 19,832 $65,054 $420,200

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.