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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
51231 Archer O'Brien County IA 543 $105,388 $179,600
59913 Coram Flathead County MT 543 $40,481 $533,000
59826 Condon Missoula County MT 542 $61,364 $491,900
82221 LaGrange Goshen County WY 540 $31,875 $229,400
13615 Brownville Jefferson County NY 538 $78,750 $182,100
54928 Caroline Shawano County WI 536 $72,375 $193,800
05648 — Washington County VT 533 $83,846 $373,100
50154 McCallsburg Story County IA 532 $73,807 $173,500
05076 — Orange County VT 531 $67,344 $192,700
51060 Ute Monona County IA 529 $49,063 $104,200
52170 Waterville Allamakee County IA 527 $67,370 $226,100
56023 Delavan Faribault County MN 527 $77,361 $132,800
50430 Corwith Hancock County IA 524 $57,250 $70,800
57046 Mission Hill Yankton County SD 524 $95,574 $260,000
50538 Rinard Calhoun County IA 523 $59,250 $70,900
68842 Greeley Center Greeley County NE 523 $53,036 $74,600
69217 Long Pine Brown County NE 523 $38,015 $54,200
52038 Dundee Delaware County IA 522 $73,750 $168,800
04923 — Somerset County ME 520 $70,208 $202,400
50453 Leland Winnebago County IA 520 $70,000 $162,500
50146 Linden Dallas County IA 519 $71,458 $264,700
59721 Cardwell Jefferson County MT 519 $86,932 $615,700
50026 Bagley Guthrie County IA 518 $77,875 $102,300
50446 Joice Worth County IA 518 $98,750 $163,300
59918 Fortine Lincoln County MT 518 $65,500 $286,500
51230 Alvord Lyon County IA 517 $77,750 $189,800
68813 Anselmo Custer County NE 517 $71,742 $261,400
12861 — Washington County NY 516 $98,125 $264,700
57073 Wakonda Clay County SD 516 $70,893 $113,700
04285 — Franklin County ME 513 $64,118 $233,900
05766 — Addison County VT 508 $118,542 $329,700
82411 Burlington Big Horn County WY 507 $100,089 $172,500
50457 Meservey Hancock County IA 504 $47,321 $94,200
53580 Rewey Iowa County WI 504 $65,357 $154,200
04777 — Penobscot County ME 503 $53,125 $89,700
50120 Haverhill Marshall County IA 503 $140,313 $177,700
59008 Belfry Carbon County MT 503 $86,563 $265,500
56118 Bingham Lake Cottonwood County MN 501 $89,076 $251,600
87524 Costilla Taos County NM 498 — —
50277 Yale Guthrie County IA 496 $106,324 $85,500
56078 Pemberton Blue Earth County MN 494 $79,688 $187,500
56025 Easton Faribault County MN 493 $81,000 $165,600
49736 — Chippewa County MI 492 $49,167 $141,700
54865 Port Wing Bayfield County WI 492 $62,500 $169,200
56280 Porter Lincoln County MN 492 $74,167 $169,000
13406 Middleville Herkimer County NY 491 $98,000 $139,100
59069 Reed Point Stillwater County MT 491 $68,333 $392,400
05730 — Rutland County VT 490 $88,500 $334,500
05736 — Rutland County VT 490 $43,523 $193,500
56145 Jeffers Cottonwood County MN 490 $51,607 $94,500

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.