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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
38053 Millington Shelby County TN 25,352 $58,548 $195,100
30310 Atlanta Fulton County GA 25,334 $45,542 $295,800
38122 Memphis Shelby County TN 25,310 $45,456 $108,200
35020 Bessemer Jefferson County AL 25,308 $33,247 $90,900
35023 Hueytown Jefferson County AL 25,221 $69,288 $153,400
76801 Brownwood Brown County TX 25,152 $51,712 $138,200
30291 Union City Fulton County GA 25,013 $46,208 $190,100
30241 LaGrange Troup County GA 24,890 $47,988 $167,600
27701 Durham Durham County NC 24,881 $66,852 $457,600
27870 Roanoke Rapids Halifax County NC 24,778 $48,994 $117,300
30168 Mableton Cobb County GA 24,768 $65,646 $229,400
30345 Chamblee DeKalb County GA 24,576 $107,151 $529,300
36801 Opelika Lee County AL 24,504 $58,256 $211,400
23701 Portsmouth Portsmouth city VA 24,430 $63,389 $218,900
28120 Mount Holly Gaston County NC 24,363 $74,809 $272,500
76082 Carter Parker County TX 24,338 $93,553 $277,900
30306 Atlanta Fulton County GA 24,274 $133,085 $797,400
88030 Sunshine Luna County NM 24,270 $39,514 $113,700
30017 Grayson Gwinnett County GA 24,213 $95,654 $392,200
75020 Denison Grayson County TX 24,185 $66,308 $187,200
72301 West Memphis Crittenden County AR 24,182 $41,932 $119,100
28352 Laurinburg Scotland County NC 24,177 $41,635 $112,300
35613 Athens Limestone County AL 24,175 $103,281 $291,300
28390 Anderson Creek Harnett County NC 24,158 $58,750 $195,200
79765 Odessa Midland County TX 24,125 $100,844 $299,800
21601 Easton Talbot County MD 24,095 $81,837 $370,300
30125 Cedartown Polk County GA 24,071 $55,719 $160,800
28379 Rockingham Richmond County NC 24,068 $47,156 $137,100
28209 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 23,945 $97,762 $596,000
35801 Huntsville Madison County AL 23,901 $103,125 $399,700
79603 Abilene Taylor County TX 23,876 $53,579 $114,000
38141 Memphis Shelby County TN 23,768 $64,050 $146,100
75460 Paris Lamar County TX 23,717 $44,241 $123,300
23324 Chesapeake Chesapeake city VA 23,684 $57,774 $242,000
30314 Atlanta Fulton County GA 23,594 $36,870 $210,300
35756 Huntsville Limestone County AL 23,552 $134,900 $350,600
27712 Durham Durham County NC 23,541 $91,190 $324,400
72118 North Little Rock Pulaski County AR 23,540 $47,266 $115,900
28613 Conover Catawba County NC 23,486 $55,690 $208,400
30308 Atlanta Fulton County GA 23,329 $82,420 $387,300
30327 Atlanta Fulton County GA 23,307 $182,317 $1,067,200
35802 Huntsville Madison County AL 23,304 $72,195 $319,900
27501 Angier Harnett County NC 23,237 $71,217 $251,100
35055 Cullman Cullman County AL 23,231 $58,488 $195,400
72104 Malvern Hot Spring County AR 23,222 $51,492 $117,300
23061 Gloucester Courthouse Gloucester County VA 23,219 $91,547 $297,100
23693 — York County VA 23,208 $116,528 $468,400
37415 Chattanooga Hamilton County TN 23,132 $67,027 $261,900
72802 Russellville Pope County AR 23,104 $61,664 $196,100
38104 Memphis Shelby County TN 22,925 $56,452 $301,100

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.