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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
12824 — Warren County NY 1,022 $123,026 $441,000
51058 Sutherland O'Brien County IA 1,020 $61,833 $116,100
59754 Twin Bridges Madison County MT 1,020 $71,667 $388,600
05761 Pawlet Rutland County VT 1,019 $58,654 $312,100
52037 Delmar Clinton County IA 1,014 $87,361 $187,500
57567 Philip Haakon County SD 1,014 $55,542 $181,900
49632 Falmouth Missaukee County MI 1,010 $47,321 $125,300
03817 — Carroll County NH 1,008 $72,788 $352,100
55919 Brownsville Houston County MN 1,008 $70,962 $202,200
52039 Rickardsville Dubuque County IA 1,005 $77,404 $269,900
05343 Jamaica Windham County VT 1,003 $75,921 $289,000
50625 Dumont Butler County IA 1,002 $58,906 $76,600
52254 Lost Nation Clinton County IA 1,000 $70,227 $96,500
05051 Newbury Orange County VT 997 $60,625 $219,600
05774 Wells Rutland County VT 997 $73,000 $210,000
61075 Scales Mound Jo Daviess County IL 997 $77,734 $235,800
04292 — Oxford County ME 996 $51,250 $155,300
57751 Keystone Pennington County SD 996 $100,714 $388,300
05778 — Addison County VT 995 $76,250 $272,300
68004 Bancroft Cuming County NE 993 $60,515 $115,300
82523 Pavillion Fremont County WY 993 $60,333 $225,900
52070 Sabula Jackson County IA 991 $63,750 $167,300
56016 Clarks Grove Freeborn County MN 991 $85,938 $199,700
50452 Latimer Franklin County IA 990 $74,500 $108,100
50258 Union Hardin County IA 989 $82,865 $100,000
53506 Avoca Iowa County WI 989 $57,500 $145,200
05039 — Orange County VT 987 $80,781 $221,400
80623 Gilcrest Weld County CO 987 $66,771 $287,000
05043 — Orange County VT 986 $79,107 $265,300
56176 Trimont Martin County MN 985 $67,727 $118,200
13318 Bridgewater Oneida County NY 982 $78,125 $161,100
05456 — Addison County VT 978 $138,214 $419,400
52210 Brandon Buchanan County IA 975 $68,911 $167,900
53554 Livingston Grant County WI 972 $70,536 $165,900
56068 Minnesota Lake Blue Earth County MN 971 $68,988 $160,400
57528 Colome Tripp County SD 970 $58,450 $81,500
04922 — Waldo County ME 969 $59,615 $150,000
51022 Granville O'Brien County IA 966 $91,133 $169,400
05448 Bakersfield Franklin County VT 962 $79,583 $247,300
68780 Stuart Holt County NE 960 $76,897 $188,500
80420 Alma Park County CO 958 $84,093 $572,500
57523 Burke Gregory County SD 953 $53,750 $206,500
05760 — Addison County VT 950 $66,583 $293,200
13788 Hobart Delaware County NY 950 $95,329 $222,000
59016 Busby Big Horn County MT 944 $60,188 $116,700
12837 — Washington County NY 943 $76,979 $165,300
51531 Elk Horn Shelby County IA 943 $58,929 $132,300
53522 Browntown Green County WI 942 $79,271 $183,000
51462 Scranton Greene County IA 940 $70,625 $155,800
54628 Ferryville Crawford County WI 938 $65,000 $187,900

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.