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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
75092 Sherman Grayson County TX 27,372 $67,160 $260,100
22202 Arlington Arlington County VA 27,352 $141,933 $838,400
28144 Salisbury Rowan County NC 27,238 $51,432 $205,900
30312 Atlanta Fulton County GA 27,147 $75,963 $493,800
28037 Denver Lincoln County NC 27,128 $109,779 $455,700
30720 Dalton Whitfield County GA 27,122 $65,620 $225,600
30122 Lithia Springs Douglas County GA 27,081 $64,072 $225,000
28152 Shelby Cleveland County NC 27,031 $55,926 $188,200
30329 North Druid Hills DeKalb County GA 27,022 $70,968 $483,700
88005 Las Cruces Doña Ana County NM 27,017 $51,770 $207,100
28590 Winterville Pitt County NC 26,994 $83,318 $243,400
97520 Ashland Jackson County OR 26,983 $71,485 $568,700
35640 Hartselle Morgan County AL 26,976 $69,686 $196,600
27577 Smithfield Johnston County NC 26,946 $56,237 $230,200
79601 Abilene Jones County TX 26,917 $54,515 $182,900
87106 Albuquerque Bernalillo County NM 26,815 $51,079 $332,100
29617 Berea Greenville County SC 26,801 $54,146 $217,600
20653 Lexington Park St. Mary's County MD 26,799 $97,923 $341,900
30082 Smyrna Cobb County GA 26,786 $114,093 $393,400
27591 Wendell Wake County NC 26,745 $76,710 $288,100
30143 Jasper Pickens County GA 26,738 $79,879 $324,900
38637 Horn Lake DeSoto County MS 26,622 $56,847 $158,900
79602 Abilene Taylor County TX 26,588 $84,845 $233,000
74701 Durant Bryan County OK 26,548 $54,576 $188,100
98532 Chehalis Lewis County WA 26,531 $86,057 $381,700
28012 Belmont Gaston County NC 26,519 $81,057 $324,400
28150 Shelby Cleveland County NC 26,447 $53,027 $195,600
30021 Clarkston DeKalb County GA 26,386 $48,158 $256,000
38117 Memphis Shelby County TN 26,327 $93,688 $287,500
72903 Fort Smith Sebastian County AR 26,318 $60,186 $216,200
75090 Sherman Grayson County TX 26,273 $58,586 $163,500
28001 Albemarle Stanly County NC 26,187 $55,610 $194,200
35160 Talladega Talladega County AL 26,177 $50,007 $129,300
30071 Norcross Gwinnett County GA 26,140 $61,351 $333,700
27262 High Point Guilford County NC 26,137 $64,395 $212,500
28681 Bethlehem Alexander County NC 26,117 $61,343 $188,000
27607 Raleigh Wake County NC 26,062 $95,216 $639,200
28326 Spout Springs Harnett County NC 25,981 $77,197 $244,500
27539 Apex Wake County NC 25,944 $140,121 $494,400
27260 High Point Guilford County NC 25,941 $41,817 $111,900
30141 Hiram Paulding County GA 25,881 $84,724 $254,800
27549 Lake Royale Franklin County NC 25,826 $63,534 $191,400
29649 Greenwood Greenwood County SC 25,762 $56,268 $207,700
29690 The Cliffs Valley Greenville County SC 25,747 $66,544 $267,400
30121 Cartersville Bartow County GA 25,747 $77,496 $258,700
72223 Little Rock Pulaski County AR 25,706 $99,063 $435,100
28658 Newton Catawba County NC 25,681 $67,805 $192,500
72113 Maumelle Pulaski County AR 25,648 $72,054 $275,800
30233 Jackson Butts County GA 25,404 $67,831 $230,700
38138 Germantown Shelby County TN 25,368 $130,125 $393,600

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.