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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
53167 Rochester Racine County WI 159 $34,177 $325,700
82322 Bairoil Sweetwater County WY 158 — —
18437 — Wayne County PA 156 $41,250 $215,000
18455 — Wayne County PA 156 $77,750 $206,700
61419 Bishop Hill Henry County IL 156 $52,500 $96,300
80754 — Weld County CO 156 $83,438 $234,600
12195 — Columbia County NY 155 $143,817 —
17729 — Potter County PA 155 $44,375 $82,100
51630 Blanchard Page County IA 155 $69,375 $217,900
60920 Campus Livingston County IL 155 $100,000 $125,000
51647 Northboro Page County IA 154 — —
53176 Springfield Walworth County WI 154 — —
80830 Matheson Elbert County CO 154 $82,250 $437,500
54207 Collins Manitowoc County WI 153 $75,357 $176,900
52555 Exline Appanoose County IA 152 $36,563 $89,300
13162 — Oneida County NY 150 — $204,300
16937 — Potter County PA 150 — —
61332 Leonore LaSalle County IL 150 $68,750 $82,800
12736 — Sullivan County NY 149 $43,958 $150,000
61468 Ophiem Henry County IL 149 $65,948 $95,200
68816 Archer Merrick County NE 149 $59,438 $173,100
53195 — Walworth County WI 148 $78,125 $173,800
88414 Capulin Colfax County NM 148 — —
13314 — Madison County NY 145 $38,750 $106,300
13441 Rome Oneida County NY 145 $95,857 —
81426 Ophir San Miguel County CO 144 $125,938 $875,000
16416 — Warren County PA 142 $72,731 $324,100
51550 Magnolia Harrison County IA 142 $77,679 $107,500
16725 — McKean County PA 140 $88,393 $110,200
14708 — Allegany County NY 139 $73,750 $58,200
64499 Worth Worth County MO 139 $92,283 $96,100
81243 — Gunnison County CO 137 $70,385 $454,200
46968 — Pulaski County IN 136 $92,550 $73,100
52308 Millersburg Iowa County IA 136 $75,357 $107,100
68667 Surprise Butler County NE 136 $116,250 $300,000
80740 — Washington County CO 136 $38,125 $245,000
50857 Nodaway Adams County IA 135 $58,750 —
04056 — York County ME 131 — $315,400
53192 Salem Lakes Kenosha County WI 131 — —
13488 Westford Otsego County NY 130 $61,250 $90,000
13134 — Madison County NY 129 — $89,300
60557 Wedron LaSalle County IL 129 — —
18825 — Susquehanna County PA 128 $62,292 $246,900
61460 Media Henderson County IL 128 $75,156 $83,000
13651 — Jefferson County NY 127 $98,333 $338,500
69144 Keystone Keith County NE 127 $62,788 $285,300
05071 South Woodstock Windsor County VT 124 $111,538 —
52774 Welton Clinton County IA 123 $78,750 $115,200
80755 Vernon Yuma County CO 123 — —
69142 Halsey Thomas County NE 122 — $475,000

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.