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Plant hardiness zone 5A

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 5A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
5A
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
49896 Menominee County MI 1,718 $56,979 $165,300
04921 Waldo County ME 1,716 $63,355 $192,900
56110 Adrian Nobles County MN 1,714 $77,625 $197,200
50604 Aplington Butler County IA 1,713 $63,750 $150,800
57038 Jefferson Union County SD 1,713 $86,895 $280,900
05444 Cambridge Lamoille County VT 1,711 $101,336 $342,800
57014 Centerville Turner County SD 1,711 $77,383 $217,000
04971 Somerset County ME 1,703 $64,688 $185,700
04418 Penobscot County ME 1,702 $59,150 $119,900
68729 Creighton Knox County NE 1,701 $64,583 $131,100
50682 Winthrop Buchanan County IA 1,700 $85,625 $181,600
52218 Coggon Linn County IA 1,700 $90,924 $170,500
50236 Roland Story County IA 1,699 $86,793 $185,900
57068 Valley Springs Minnehaha County SD 1,699 $107,222 $251,500
68784 Wakefield Dixon County NE 1,685 $59,524 $123,000
04943 Hartland Somerset County ME 1,681 $46,638 $143,600
05674 Washington County VT 1,678 $84,688 $486,500
53034 Hustisford Dodge County WI 1,676 $78,859 $214,800
82082 Pine Bluffs Laramie County WY 1,675 $66,388 $316,300
03768 Grafton County NH 1,672 $141,719 $651,400
61028 Elizabeth Jo Daviess County IL 1,671 $86,328 $184,800
50641 Hazleton Buchanan County IA 1,665 $64,511 $159,200
50624 Dike Grundy County IA 1,664 $93,333 $243,500
51035 Marcus Cherokee County IA 1,664 $75,673 $182,900
54664 Viola Richland County WI 1,659 $70,652 $177,900
59868 Seeley Lake Missoula County MT 1,659 $48,409 $286,800
12958 Mooers Clinton County NY 1,650 $58,512 $147,300
61087 Warren Jo Daviess County IL 1,648 $74,609 $109,700
51248 Sanborn O'Brien County IA 1,643 $60,809 $154,400
54655 Soldiers Grove Crawford County WI 1,643 $54,107 $211,000
50554 Laurens Pocahontas County IA 1,639 $63,618 $85,600
52332 Shellsburg Benton County IA 1,638 $90,781 $227,800
51577 Walnut Pottawattamie County IA 1,637 $67,928 $112,700
52345 Urbana Benton County IA 1,636 $112,929 $225,200
57533 Gregory Gregory County SD 1,633 $50,000 $112,800
51030 Lawton Woodbury County IA 1,630 $78,750 $267,600
12859 Saratoga County NY 1,629 $72,847 $300,300
57043 Marion Turner County SD 1,625 $73,555 $198,000
51443 Glidden Carroll County IA 1,623 $78,472 $181,500
04955 Franklin County ME 1,622 $61,250 $155,800
05487 Addison County VT 1,618 $72,917 $240,900
54648 Norwalk Monroe County WI 1,616 $70,227 $173,000
50468 Roseville Floyd County IA 1,615 $63,485 $139,600
03774 North Haverhill Grafton County NH 1,606 $53,750 $189,400
52069 Preston Jackson County IA 1,605 $79,000 $153,500
50475 Sheffield Franklin County IA 1,598 $78,333 $155,600
50621 Conrad Grundy County IA 1,591 $86,146 $185,300
50424 Buffalo Center Winnebago County IA 1,590 $58,125 $109,200
04947 Kingfield Franklin County ME 1,584 $67,292 $246,900
05483 Franklin County VT 1,584 $69,848 $244,400

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.