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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
56010 Amboy Blue Earth County MN 1,087 $83,854 $158,400
05077 — Orange County VT 1,085 $70,893 $282,800
53937 — Sauk County WI 1,085 $86,957 $261,700
05065 — Windsor County VT 1,084 $69,850 $265,600
55941 Hokah Houston County MN 1,084 $71,607 $209,100
50230 Radcliffe Hardin County IA 1,083 $80,769 $147,700
54962 Ogdensburg Waupaca County WI 1,083 $82,083 $194,700
80444 Georgetown Clear Creek County CO 1,082 $75,804 $440,000
56119 Brewster Nobles County MN 1,080 $80,766 $177,900
50447 Kanawha Hancock County IA 1,079 $69,250 $82,400
50680 Wellsburg Grundy County IA 1,077 $72,684 $123,700
51101 Sioux City Woodbury County IA 1,077 $18,103 —
57315 Avon Bon Homme County SD 1,076 $70,833 $107,400
03282 — Grafton County NH 1,075 $105,000 $274,200
57790 Wall Pennington County SD 1,074 $73,077 $187,500
04221 — Oxford County ME 1,072 $67,656 $198,600
52346 Van Horne Benton County IA 1,070 $107,802 $245,600
83431 Lewisville Jefferson County ID 1,066 $81,667 $238,600
49847 Hermansville Menominee County MI 1,063 $63,472 $116,700
57794 Wounded Knee Oglala Lakota County SD 1,062 $11,326 —
13322 Clayville Herkimer County NY 1,059 $92,250 $203,600
81131 Crestone Saguache County CO 1,059 $60,625 $345,500
56028 Elysian Le Sueur County MN 1,057 $103,542 $357,900
57772 Porcupine Oglala Lakota County SD 1,057 $21,420 —
51053 Schaller Sac County IA 1,056 $70,195 $96,500
52144 Fort Atkinson Winneshiek County IA 1,056 $85,341 $193,800
50510 Albert City Buena Vista County IA 1,055 $78,523 $104,400
51052 Salix Woodbury County IA 1,054 $86,792 $235,900
52318 Norway Benton County IA 1,054 $100,000 $186,900
03875 — Carroll County NH 1,052 $112,625 $387,000
51026 Hornick Woodbury County IA 1,050 $82,411 $233,300
03740 Mountain Lakes Grafton County NH 1,049 $70,298 $219,200
54652 Readstown Vernon County WI 1,048 $54,583 $142,600
49836 — Schoolcraft County MI 1,046 $71,563 $179,000
56041 Hanska Brown County MN 1,046 $79,107 $185,700
56138 Hills Rock County MN 1,046 $68,889 $197,700
05654 Graniteville Orange County VT 1,044 $59,167 $205,800
03846 — Carroll County NH 1,043 $89,583 $672,500
52209 Blairstown Benton County IA 1,043 $73,854 $200,300
61018 Dakota Stephenson County IL 1,040 $74,896 $162,800
50535 Early Sac County IA 1,035 $81,667 $87,600
50541 Gilmore City Pocahontas County IA 1,035 $53,859 $97,800
04951 — Waldo County ME 1,034 $78,409 $214,600
51354 Ocheyedan Osceola County IA 1,034 $70,625 $128,800
53801 Bagley Grant County WI 1,033 $60,833 $128,400
53922 Burnett Dodge County WI 1,033 $88,472 $265,200
49623 — Lake County MI 1,030 $56,875 $119,600
52751 Grand Mound Clinton County IA 1,027 $81,607 $169,400
49880 Rock Marquette County MI 1,026 $63,581 $130,400
81645 Minturn Eagle County CO 1,024 $108,897 $1,072,300

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.