Zone
5A
Plant hardiness zone 5A
ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 5A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.
ZIP codes
2,317
Population
9,286,677
Median household income (avg.)
$74,070
Average home value
$224,046
What is USDA zone 5A?
Zone 5A 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 2,317 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 9,286,677 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 5A, 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 5A
| ZIP | City | County | State | Population | Income | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51241 | Larchwood | Lyon County | IA | 2,052 | $89,214 | $270,100 |
| 51024 | Hinton | Plymouth County | IA | 2,048 | $108,892 | $317,100 |
| 51028 | Kingsley | Plymouth County | IA | 2,047 | $74,655 | $195,000 |
| 57101 | — | — | — | 2,045 | $49,736 | $435,000 |
| 57793 | Spearfish | Lawrence County | SD | 2,042 | $84,441 | $293,400 |
| 57551 | Martin | Bennett County | SD | 2,026 | $52,500 | $138,300 |
| 12817 | Chestertown | Warren County | NY | 2,023 | $90,469 | $304,500 |
| 57356 | Lakeview Colony | Charles Mix County | SD | 2,021 | $52,647 | $113,800 |
| 05363 | Chimney Hill | Windham County | VT | 2,008 | $78,939 | $285,000 |
| 49751 | — | Otsego County | MI | 2,008 | $65,833 | $175,500 |
| 05459 | Highgate Center | Franklin County | VT | 2,003 | $79,841 | $266,900 |
| 54111 | Cecil | Shawano County | WI | 2,002 | $65,469 | $222,100 |
| 55974 | Spring Grove | Houston County | MN | 1,998 | $60,700 | $179,300 |
| 12910 | Altona | Clinton County | NY | 1,994 | $52,092 | $108,300 |
| 52142 | Fayette | Fayette County | IA | 1,992 | $48,718 | $183,200 |
| 80447 | Grand Lake | Grand County | CO | 1,992 | $90,417 | $575,600 |
| 05061 | — | Orange County | VT | 1,989 | $77,652 | $304,600 |
| 13673 | Philadelphia | Jefferson County | NY | 1,983 | $75,758 | $171,300 |
| 05262 | South Shaftsbury | Bennington County | VT | 1,979 | $88,417 | $245,700 |
| 69358 | Morrill | Sioux County | NE | 1,976 | $51,533 | $139,300 |
| 53006 | Brownsville | Dodge County | WI | 1,974 | $89,375 | $229,100 |
| 04988 | Unity | Waldo County | ME | 1,958 | $50,000 | $189,800 |
| 05472 | New Haven | Addison County | VT | 1,957 | $96,205 | $345,100 |
| 52151 | Lansing | Allamakee County | IA | 1,956 | $60,000 | $176,400 |
| 52324 | Palo | Linn County | IA | 1,955 | $109,432 | $320,900 |
| 52224 | Dysart | Benton County | IA | 1,954 | $72,917 | $168,800 |
| 53561 | Merrimac | Sauk County | WI | 1,954 | $95,694 | $407,400 |
| 51449 | Lake City | Calhoun County | IA | 1,951 | $66,750 | $119,300 |
| 54623 | Coon Valley | La Crosse County | WI | 1,949 | $85,833 | $248,600 |
| 69336 | Bridgeport | Morrill County | NE | 1,949 | $53,200 | $105,200 |
| 04020 | Cornish | York County | ME | 1,948 | $69,068 | $244,300 |
| 56098 | Winnebago | Faribault County | MN | 1,946 | $69,000 | $134,300 |
| 12996 | Willsboro Point | Essex County | NY | 1,937 | $64,306 | $234,600 |
| 68756 | Neligh | Antelope County | NE | 1,932 | $61,326 | $150,200 |
| 13431 | Poland | Herkimer County | NY | 1,929 | $83,200 | $207,700 |
| 59749 | Sheridan | Madison County | MT | 1,919 | $78,534 | $347,600 |
| 49795 | Vanderbilt | Otsego County | MI | 1,918 | $57,367 | $162,700 |
| 03781 | Plainfield | Sullivan County | NH | 1,917 | $104,700 | $389,800 |
| 53503 | Arena | Iowa County | WI | 1,916 | $85,900 | $229,800 |
| 49733 | — | Crawford County | MI | 1,910 | $65,471 | $148,500 |
| 48770 | Whittemore | Iosco County | MI | 1,908 | $51,576 | $101,300 |
| 52352 | Walker | Linn County | IA | 1,906 | $86,950 | $209,800 |
| 53059 | Neosho | Dodge County | WI | 1,902 | $88,475 | $313,200 |
| 04289 | — | Oxford County | ME | 1,901 | $55,670 | $184,000 |
| 05660 | — | Washington County | VT | 1,900 | $94,107 | $409,900 |
| 68047 | Pender | Thurston County | NE | 1,900 | $74,375 | $183,700 |
| 82644 | Mills | Natrona County | WY | 1,890 | $57,019 | $167,900 |
| 50058 | Coon Rapids | Guthrie County | IA | 1,885 | $72,750 | $147,500 |
| 51025 | Holstein | Ida County | IA | 1,881 | $63,375 | $118,100 |
| 61062 | Pearl City | Stephenson County | IL | 1,881 | $78,929 | $176,100 |
Frequently asked questions
What does zone 5A mean?
Zone 5A 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 5A; 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.