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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
51458 Odebolt Sac County IA 1,255 $73,984 $150,500
50540 Fonda Pocahontas County IA 1,253 $86,818 $98,500
54965 Pine River Waushara County WI 1,253 $68,409 $189,800
03240 — Grafton County NH 1,248 $72,188 $256,400
55924 Claremont Dodge County MN 1,246 $78,194 $230,800
04434 — Penobscot County ME 1,245 $68,788 $145,400
05439 — Chittenden County VT 1,244 — —
52320 Olin Jones County IA 1,243 $70,000 $132,400
53930 Endeavor Marquette County WI 1,243 $78,125 $210,400
04932 — Penobscot County ME 1,241 $70,104 $178,000
55925 Dakota Winona County MN 1,240 $91,389 $270,500
57382 Wessington Springs Jerauld County SD 1,238 $77,083 $132,100
61001 Apple Canyon Lake Jo Daviess County IL 1,237 $75,833 $260,800
80482 Winter Park Grand County CO 1,237 $60,177 $562,500
54653 Rockland La Crosse County WI 1,232 $69,583 $253,500
50668 Readlyn Bremer County IA 1,231 $84,464 $171,000
52202 Alburnett Linn County IA 1,231 $92,885 $232,600
53803 Benton Lafayette County WI 1,230 $67,813 $152,200
04438 — Waldo County ME 1,229 $64,750 $187,500
05732 Castleton Four Corners Rutland County VT 1,229 $30,625 $238,500
04219 — Oxford County ME 1,228 $61,719 $188,900
53550 Juda Green County WI 1,228 $74,931 $226,600
57328 Corsica Douglas County SD 1,225 $84,167 $177,900
49818 — Marquette County MI 1,212 $56,492 $161,100
50632 Garwin Tama County IA 1,204 $70,865 $134,300
51430 Arcadia Carroll County IA 1,204 $70,809 $163,800
56180 Walnut Grove Redwood County MN 1,203 $65,614 $126,300
51006 Battle Creek Ida County IA 1,201 $81,563 $83,000
68733 Emerson Thurston County NE 1,196 $64,554 $125,700
81141 Manassa Conejos County CO 1,195 $56,953 $176,200
68067 Walthill Thurston County NE 1,191 $62,837 $55,100
50514 Armstrong Emmet County IA 1,190 $70,550 $128,600
57045 Menno Hutchinson County SD 1,190 $73,000 $114,400
04422 — Penobscot County ME 1,189 $75,795 $222,600
51055 Sloan Woodbury County IA 1,189 $75,833 $208,800
57313 Armour Douglas County SD 1,189 $77,865 $106,900
52330 Ryan Delaware County IA 1,186 $107,431 $163,900
04410 — Penobscot County ME 1,180 $72,167 $179,300
51466 Wall Lake Sac County IA 1,180 $69,643 $193,300
57055 Renner Corner Minnehaha County SD 1,178 $104,531 $419,600
83255 Lost River Butte County ID 1,173 $59,063 $250,000
03262 North Woodstock Grafton County NH 1,172 $72,000 $305,500
03845 — Carroll County NH 1,172 $71,667 $298,800
52171 Jackson Junction Fayette County IA 1,172 $83,854 $189,300
52223 Delhi Delaware County IA 1,170 $83,026 $195,200
13679 Redwood Jefferson County NY 1,169 $102,826 $200,600
57714 Allen Bennett County SD 1,166 — $110,400
50585 Sioux Rapids Buena Vista County IA 1,165 $70,179 $99,200
57012 Canistota McCook County SD 1,164 $84,196 $163,800
49827 — Mackinac County MI 1,162 $41,750 $118,100

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.