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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
30126 Mableton Cobb County GA 43,047 $99,975 $347,800
21220 Middle River Baltimore County MD 42,936 $79,676 $279,900
29708 Tega Cay York County SC 42,931 $129,304 $479,800
28115 Mooresville Iredell County NC 42,862 $86,724 $330,500
30032 Candler-McAfee DeKalb County GA 42,812 $61,292 $245,000
38125 Memphis Shelby County TN 42,793 $83,184 $230,400
39759 Starkville Oktibbeha County MS 42,782 $42,988 $241,100
30038 Stonecrest DeKalb County GA 42,744 $70,860 $234,900
23602 Newport News Newport News city VA 42,699 $72,487 $270,200
28212 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 42,628 $51,530 $236,300
38134 Memphis Shelby County TN 42,500 $61,172 $184,400
93534 Lancaster Los Angeles County CA 42,290 $58,891 $339,900
28214 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 42,197 $83,618 $258,400
72401 Jonesboro Craighead County AR 42,065 $43,412 $185,400
30165 Rome Floyd County GA 41,998 $63,915 $209,500
30034 Panthersville DeKalb County GA 41,823 $60,551 $228,200
30605 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) Clarke County GA 41,788 $48,188 $279,200
88240 Hobbs Lea County NM 41,612 $65,394 $177,200
30189 Woodstock Cherokee County GA 41,586 $109,324 $370,200
27330 Sanford Lee County NC 41,473 $60,726 $213,000
30005 Alpharetta Fulton County GA 41,471 $170,951 $587,400
30180 Villa Rica Carroll County GA 41,434 $88,269 $257,200
38116 Memphis Shelby County TN 41,393 $44,663 $125,800
27704 Durham Durham County NC 41,346 $62,435 $270,000
29650 Greer Greenville County SC 41,272 $91,640 $332,300
27105 Winston-Salem Forsyth County NC 41,257 $41,580 $151,300
30078 Snellville Gwinnett County GA 41,041 $90,054 $316,600
27909 Elizabeth City Pasquotank County NC 40,878 $64,039 $223,400
37363 Collegedale Hamilton County TN 40,830 $94,873 $349,600
28079 Fairview Union County NC 40,820 $97,602 $352,000
27217 Burlington Alamance County NC 40,561 $50,770 $164,900
27612 Raleigh Wake County NC 40,475 $95,565 $481,500
27292 Lexington Davidson County NC 40,369 $54,468 $193,300
28092 Lincolnton Lincoln County NC 40,224 $62,625 $220,700
29605 Gantt Greenville County SC 40,161 $63,717 $228,300
88220 Carlsbad Eddy County NM 40,151 $79,668 $192,600
30269 Peachtree City Fayette County GA 39,990 $111,093 $459,400
29710 Lake Wylie York County SC 39,988 $84,558 $330,900
79707 Midland Midland County TX 39,881 $99,979 $382,400
38127 Memphis Shelby County TN 39,553 $37,768 $82,500
30046 Lawrenceville Gwinnett County GA 39,524 $63,379 $302,600
28054 Gastonia Gaston County NC 39,493 $59,524 $220,200
23321 Chesapeake Chesapeake city VA 39,469 $98,257 $352,000
27560 Morrisville Wake County NC 39,442 $117,340 $466,900
30060 Marietta Cobb County GA 39,313 $62,180 $282,200
30215 Fayetteville Fayette County GA 39,233 $116,435 $378,300
21060 Glen Burnie Anne Arundel County MD 39,225 $99,739 $352,800
38118 Memphis Shelby County TN 39,162 $42,464 $95,700
30338 Dunwoody DeKalb County GA 39,042 $122,931 $592,600
28226 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 38,985 $113,203 $560,100

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.