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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
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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
05473 — Addison County VT 1,580 $94,919 $380,000
51237 George Lyon County IA 1,577 $62,727 $131,400
59050 Lodge Grass Big Horn County MT 1,575 $80,417 $149,200
53806 Cassville Grant County WI 1,573 $60,489 $145,100
04068 Kezar Falls Oxford County ME 1,566 $58,333 $217,400
82053 Burns Laramie County WY 1,566 $105,536 $246,700
04411 Bradley Penobscot County ME 1,561 $68,929 $190,600
13616 Calcium Jefferson County NY 1,560 $47,110 $147,800
82732 Wright Campbell County WY 1,559 $92,083 $226,300
49784 — Chippewa County MI 1,558 — —
52161 Ossian Winneshiek County IA 1,558 $77,250 $173,500
57020 Crooks Minnehaha County SD 1,553 $104,375 $285,600
05148 Londonderry Windham County VT 1,550 $82,807 $369,200
57001 Alcester Union County SD 1,550 $72,885 $158,600
04430 East Millinocket Penobscot County ME 1,545 $44,306 $73,900
12974 Port Henry Essex County NY 1,545 $43,832 $154,900
54624 De Soto Vernon County WI 1,545 $78,558 $184,000
54638 Kendall Monroe County WI 1,541 $58,510 $259,200
03230 — Merrimack County NH 1,539 $66,458 $213,000
56009 Alden Freeborn County MN 1,539 $82,632 $187,200
12956 Mineville Essex County NY 1,538 $67,526 $117,400
48635 Lupton Ogemaw County MI 1,535 $59,861 $135,400
51450 Lake View Sac County IA 1,532 $77,619 $177,200
56171 Sherburn Martin County MN 1,527 $74,750 $154,900
52237 Hopkinton Delaware County IA 1,526 $83,633 $135,200
04941 — Waldo County ME 1,524 $65,365 $193,400
51347 Lake Park Dickinson County IA 1,524 $81,736 $180,600
61051 Milledgeville Carroll County IL 1,521 $63,125 $101,100
50130 Jewell Junction Hamilton County IA 1,517 $69,934 $143,100
56266 Morgan Redwood County MN 1,516 $70,000 $135,000
54974 Rosendale Fond du Lac County WI 1,515 $91,548 $249,500
52216 Clarence Cedar County IA 1,513 $66,375 $165,400
51038 Merrill Plymouth County IA 1,512 $88,864 $181,800
57311 Alexandria Hanson County SD 1,509 $99,432 $191,900
69339 Crawford Dawes County NE 1,509 $63,466 $86,600
50006 Alden Hardin County IA 1,503 $62,188 $117,200
04290 — Oxford County ME 1,498 $67,500 $121,400
50469 Rockwell Cerro Gordo County IA 1,495 $70,682 $188,900
04448 Howland Penobscot County ME 1,489 $48,958 $115,600
59014 Bridger Carbon County MT 1,488 $48,958 $262,900
03251 Lincoln Grafton County NH 1,484 $65,990 $312,000
51238 Hospers Sioux County IA 1,483 $82,634 $176,000
53911 Arlington Columbia County WI 1,480 $99,375 $285,500
03580 — Grafton County NH 1,479 $77,283 $469,500
50626 Dunkerton Black Hawk County IA 1,478 $82,552 $196,800
12941 — Essex County NY 1,477 $77,833 $200,000
57579 Horse Creek Mellette County SD 1,473 $53,913 $58,800
59070 Roberts Carbon County MT 1,472 $85,391 $497,900
50635 Gladbrook Tama County IA 1,470 $72,981 $145,000
53518 Blue River Richland County WI 1,470 $58,198 $147,000

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.