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Plant hardiness zone 8A

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 8A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
8A
ZIP codes
2,951
Population
29,412,969
Median household income (avg.)
$68,961
Average home value
$232,019
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What is USDA zone 8A?

Zone 8A 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 2,951 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 29,412,969 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 8A, 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 8A

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
20657 Chesapeake Ranch Estates Calvert County MD 20,519 $117,776 $317,600
35674 Tuscumbia Colbert County AL 20,475 $56,960 $176,700
38114 Memphis Shelby County TN 20,440 $32,080 $79,000
28630 Granite Falls Caldwell County NC 20,400 $65,713 $197,800
28504 Kinston Lenoir County NC 20,325 $50,650 $124,500
27592 Fuquay-Varina Wake County NC 20,239 $94,564 $335,100
21409 Cape St. Claire Anne Arundel County MD 20,175 $146,667 $499,700
27576 Selma Johnston County NC 20,104 $62,044 $178,200
72315 Blytheville Mississippi County AR 20,100 $54,297 $117,700
27617 Raleigh Wake County NC 20,012 $109,991 $448,300
35475 Northport Tuscaloosa County AL 19,991 $104,852 $310,200
72901 Fort Smith Sebastian County AR 19,966 $42,568 $113,200
29108 Newberry Newberry County SC 19,871 $52,529 $127,900
27803 Rocky Mount Nash County NC 19,851 $59,647 $168,600
35080 Helena Shelby County AL 19,808 $111,871 $278,500
35010 Alexander City Tallapoosa County AL 19,619 $48,744 $129,500
35235 Birmingham Jefferson County AL 19,600 $57,244 $165,900
27596 Youngsville Franklin County NC 19,574 $90,189 $343,200
29341 Gaffney Cherokee County SC 19,564 $55,631 $171,300
35763 Huntsville Madison County AL 19,505 $125,356 $368,300
28374 Pinehurst Moore County NC 19,501 $106,746 $440,400
27801 Rocky Mount Edgecombe County NC 19,489 $41,696 $108,600
28034 Dallas Gaston County NC 19,470 $59,969 $221,000
76310 Wichita Falls Archer County TX 19,362 $83,610 $201,300
30276 Senoia Coweta County GA 19,316 $103,311 $372,300
86323 Chino Valley Yavapai County AZ 19,297 $62,815 $349,900
36207 White Plains Calhoun County AL 19,251 $70,090 $195,000
23325 Chesapeake Chesapeake city VA 19,236 $73,666 $262,600
29671 Pickens Pickens County SC 19,210 $65,429 $202,100
23692 — York County VA 19,208 $106,668 $404,500
35901 Gadsden Etowah County AL 19,186 $47,826 $174,200
29706 Chester Chester County SC 19,181 $50,141 $142,200
30273 — Clayton County GA 19,111 $68,255 $184,500
23430 Rushmere Isle of Wight County VA 19,057 $103,580 $347,700
29302 Spartanburg Spartanburg County SC 19,031 $77,428 $264,000
30728 LaFayette Walker County GA 19,023 $49,388 $133,700
27518 Cary Wake County NC 18,995 $121,242 $594,900
28327 Carthage Moore County NC 18,984 $84,850 $299,500
35661 Muscle Shoals Colbert County AL 18,957 $66,726 $189,700
30179 Temple Carroll County GA 18,951 $79,311 $217,800
28139 Rutherfordton Rutherford County NC 18,887 $52,148 $195,300
38863 Pontotoc Pontotoc County MS 18,849 $51,113 $138,900
72801 Russellville Pope County AR 18,823 $42,363 $153,900
37411 Chattanooga Hamilton County TN 18,815 $50,180 $216,800
27896 Wilson Wilson County NC 18,808 $67,893 $213,600
27344 Siler City Chatham County NC 18,804 $62,493 $176,800
36203 Oxford Calhoun County AL 18,797 $65,920 $166,000
27886 Tarboro Edgecombe County NC 18,560 $51,180 $121,800
30517 Braselton Jackson County GA 18,545 $109,627 $377,200
88210 Artesia Eddy County NM 18,542 $80,423 $213,900

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 8A mean?

Zone 8A 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 8A; 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.