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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
81251 Twin Lakes Lake County CO 362 $75,333 $482,600
50577 Renwick Humboldt County IA 361 $59,375 $100,700
53969 Wyocena Columbia County WI 361 $73,125 $200,000
50455 McIntire Mitchell County IA 360 $52,222 $118,500
49768 — Chippewa County MI 359 $67,813 $198,600
68792 Wynot Cedar County NE 359 $70,966 $124,000
57569 Reliance Lyman County SD 357 $59,659 $114,000
51523 Blencoe Monona County IA 356 $80,909 $117,600
56114 Avoca Murray County MN 356 $75,000 $174,000
57021 Davis Turner County SD 356 $74,594 —
56111 Alpha Jackson County MN 355 $91,563 $113,800
57047 Monroe McCook County SD 355 $48,500 $49,300
83011 Kelly Teton County WY 354 — $1,766,700
59647 Winston Broadwater County MT 353 $59,330 $310,700
57342 Geddes Charles Mix County SD 350 $78,125 $117,400
69350 Hyannis Grant County NE 350 $51,667 $112,500
83438 Parker Fremont County ID 349 $140,938 $230,600
05776 — Bennington County VT 348 $53,533 $267,100
49825 — Alger County MI 348 $72,679 $208,000
69212 Crookston Cherry County NE 347 — —
50562 Mallard Palo Alto County IA 346 $63,750 $75,500
51242 Lester Lyon County IA 346 $86,406 $185,200
51527 Defiance Shelby County IA 346 $63,155 $115,300
83421 — Fremont County ID 346 $80,438 $264,200
56161 Okabena Jackson County MN 343 $97,500 $108,300
50612 — Tama County IA 338 — $281,500
51062 Westfield Plymouth County IA 338 — $284,200
56141 Iona Murray County MN 338 $53,906 $109,600
13435 Prospect Oneida County NY 337 $46,413 $104,400
57763 Oelrichs Fall River County SD 336 $71,607 $114,700
68774 St. Helena Cedar County NE 336 $66,667 $208,200
50654 Masonville Buchanan County IA 335 $51,620 $176,700
51366 Webb Clay County IA 335 $75,000 $119,400
51440 Dedham Carroll County IA 335 $65,625 $156,300
52232 Hartwick Poweshiek County IA 335 $95,313 $234,800
56165 — Nobles County MN 334 $100,179 $207,500
68055 Rosalie Thurston County NE 333 $65,417 $51,100
51056 Smithland Woodbury County IA 332 $100,395 $150,700
81124 Capulin Conejos County CO 332 $87,204 $74,900
82243 Veteran Goshen County WY 332 — —
50128 Jamaica Guthrie County IA 331 $50,179 $106,300
48728 — Alcona County MI 329 $47,250 $168,100
52354 Watkins Benton County IA 329 $110,000 $191,300
05747 — Addison County VT 322 $47,250 $203,600
50559 Lone Rock Kossuth County IA 321 $52,708 —
50586 Somers Calhoun County IA 320 $54,167 $108,300
82227 Manville Niobrara County WY 320 $48,958 $75,000
68755 Naper Boyd County NE 319 $58,500 $106,800
57374 Spencer McCook County SD 318 $75,625 $199,200
81136 Hooper Alamosa County CO 318 $53,482 $194,400

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.