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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
80534 Johnstown Weld County CO 19,696 $132,320 $509,500
53589 Stoughton Dane County WI 19,684 $93,509 $318,300
61101 Rockford Winnebago County IL 19,671 $45,260 $89,800
53149 Mukwonago Waukesha County WI 19,601 $112,653 $384,600
46356 Lowell Lake County IN 19,396 $87,535 $256,300
04062 North Windham Cumberland County ME 19,041 $98,946 $370,900
53226 Wauwatosa Milwaukee County WI 18,893 $86,361 $301,400
53012 Cedarburg Ozaukee County WI 18,870 $98,094 $390,600
53716 Madison Dane County WI 18,866 $89,225 $325,400
53185 Tichigan Racine County WI 18,786 $100,896 $357,700
50325 Clive Polk County IA 18,776 $131,082 $379,000
14830 Corning Steuben County NY 18,752 $73,831 $168,100
60542 North Aurora Kane County IL 18,691 $112,362 $324,600
53718 Madison Dane County WI 18,642 $94,899 $328,500
53121 Elkhorn Walworth County WI 18,640 $83,635 $287,900
53538 Lake Koshkonong Jefferson County WI 18,604 $80,784 $228,200
53147 Lake Geneva Walworth County WI 18,440 $83,018 $337,000
80487 Steamboat Springs Routt County CO 18,378 $106,837 $915,900
50313 Des Moines Polk County IA 18,280 $64,077 $161,800
61364 Streator LaSalle County IL 18,236 $57,147 $97,300
04038 Gorham Cumberland County ME 18,192 $110,181 $426,300
53158 Pleasant Prairie Kenosha County WI 18,161 $107,730 $348,900
53094 Watertown Jefferson County WI 18,151 $71,973 $223,900
49307 Big Rapids Mecosta County MI 18,063 $54,803 $179,600
59803 Missoula Missoula County MT 17,941 $108,992 $492,900
68847 Kearney Buffalo County NE 17,911 $74,877 $229,200
54235 Sturgeon Bay Door County WI 17,845 $68,141 $267,700
12831 — Saratoga County NY 17,834 $100,833 $308,700
49770 Petoskey Emmet County MI 17,813 $80,431 $309,900
61104 Rockford Winnebago County IL 17,584 $32,161 $83,700
04073 Sanford York County ME 17,385 $69,135 $259,500
14760 Weston Mills Cattaraugus County NY 17,272 $52,569 $99,400
60084 Wauconda Lake County IL 17,267 $104,907 $283,300
68028 Gretna Sarpy County NE 17,248 $141,356 $370,500
80751 Sterling Logan County CO 17,207 $49,221 $232,200
13039 — Onondaga County NY 17,184 $108,694 $228,800
50323 Urbandale Dallas County IA 17,065 $173,659 $456,600
80924 Colorado Springs El Paso County CO 17,043 $137,838 $621,700
03246 Laconia Belknap County NH 17,006 $68,407 $307,800
80513 Berthoud Larimer County CO 16,997 $117,024 $558,100
13413 Washington Mills Oneida County NY 16,940 $91,899 $218,900
57783 Spearfish Lawrence County SD 16,929 $64,970 $332,300
46303 Cedar Lake Lake County IN 16,910 $78,659 $271,700
60503 Aurora Will County IL 16,879 $142,773 $311,300
05301 Brattleboro Windham County VT 16,848 $54,599 $265,200
80701 Fort Morgan Morgan County CO 16,800 $72,500 $318,100
60192 Hoffman Estates Cook County IL 16,662 $149,992 $413,500
61102 Rockford Winnebago County IL 16,620 $42,506 $95,300
16701 Bradford McKean County PA 16,584 $61,996 $97,600
13104 Manlius Onondaga County NY 16,504 $123,770 $296,300

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.