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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
30519 Buford Gwinnett County GA 57,648 $98,846 $377,900
29732 Rock Hill York County SC 57,551 $79,936 $301,300
28025 Concord Cabarrus County NC 57,510 $79,271 $264,100
29730 Rock Hill York County SC 57,500 $63,122 $239,200
38654 Olive Branch DeSoto County MS 57,334 $99,481 $284,400
27284 Kernersville Forsyth County NC 57,119 $80,739 $259,500
38017 Collierville Shelby County TN 56,427 $135,946 $469,600
30518 Buford Gwinnett County GA 56,309 $97,339 $367,000
27858 Greenville Pitt County NC 56,258 $60,915 $233,200
28314 Fayetteville Cumberland County NC 56,200 $60,036 $172,000
28110 Unionville Union County NC 55,807 $81,221 $302,600
30075 Roswell Fulton County GA 55,274 $153,743 $575,200
27529 Garner Wake County NC 55,201 $86,426 $325,600
27834 Greenville Pitt County NC 55,073 $48,081 $161,700
23185 Williamsburg James City County VA 54,411 $103,507 $413,500
29651 Greer Greenville County SC 54,320 $80,748 $264,200
27410 Greensboro Guilford County NC 54,317 $84,225 $308,200
28216 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 54,052 $64,977 $246,100
27603 Raleigh Wake County NC 53,835 $87,939 $347,000
30080 Smyrna Cobb County GA 53,334 $87,949 $409,700
30115 Holly Springs Cherokee County GA 53,299 $113,346 $439,600
28601 Hickory Catawba County NC 52,839 $67,839 $236,100
27407 Greensboro Guilford County NC 52,583 $59,308 $203,800
23434 Suffolk Suffolk city VA 52,556 $75,798 $293,600
27405 Greensboro Guilford County NC 52,525 $46,498 $150,600
37421 Chattanooga Hamilton County TN 52,516 $79,958 $299,600
30721 Dalton Whitfield County GA 52,477 $57,749 $172,500
30157 Dallas Paulding County GA 52,193 $93,562 $261,000
30039 Snellville Gwinnett County GA 51,742 $90,500 $274,900
29720 Van Wyck Lancaster County SC 51,603 $59,039 $212,800
30228 Hampton Henry County GA 51,485 $81,448 $263,300
30064 Marietta Cobb County GA 51,321 $118,511 $420,300
27107 Winston-Salem Davidson County NC 51,305 $59,897 $201,700
28205 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 51,297 $72,479 $410,800
27707 Durham Durham County NC 50,865 $72,432 $371,500
28540 Jacksonville Onslow County NC 50,808 $61,462 $201,700
30132 Dallas Paulding County GA 50,803 $102,800 $332,700
27265 High Point Guilford County NC 50,123 $70,929 $239,400
72034 Conway Faulkner County AR 49,420 $61,675 $250,000
28273 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 49,141 $84,739 $304,900
30093 Norcross Gwinnett County GA 49,015 $50,690 $245,900
35758 Madison Madison County AL 48,929 $115,780 $336,700
30252 McDonough Henry County GA 48,902 $97,339 $326,900
27520 Clayton Johnston County NC 48,662 $84,545 $282,200
30213 South Fulton Fulton County GA 48,541 $92,681 $281,300
27360 Thomasville Davidson County NC 48,520 $60,898 $174,500
27705 Durham Durham County NC 48,412 $71,153 $398,500
28117 Lake Norman of Iredell Iredell County NC 48,170 $109,310 $567,200
30606 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) Clarke County GA 48,156 $61,397 $332,600
28546 Jacksonville Onslow County NC 48,122 $60,552 $212,200

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.