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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
52101 Decorah Winneshiek County IA 12,539 $70,046 $249,500
05602 Montpelier Washington County VT 12,491 $81,552 $341,700
59044 Laurel Yellowstone County MT 12,488 $86,011 $317,200
51301 Spencer Clay County IA 12,402 $61,175 $180,400
82435 Ralston Park County WY 12,259 $69,142 $318,200
81625 Craig Moffat County CO 12,242 $73,649 $266,900
57005 Brandon Minnehaha County SD 12,140 $108,689 $322,600
82935 Green River Sweetwater County WY 12,135 $86,132 $254,800
51401 Carroll Carroll County IA 12,113 $64,458 $192,100
56031 Fairmont Martin County MN 11,800 $61,373 $175,600
54806 Ashland Ashland County WI 11,708 $59,556 $172,900
57107 Sioux Falls Minnehaha County SD 11,655 $76,719 $250,700
55401 Minneapolis Hennepin County MN 11,526 $115,651 $401,500
53098 Watertown Dodge County WI 11,505 $73,147 $239,700
57719 Box Elder Meade County SD 11,475 $74,936 $275,400
55409 Minneapolis Hennepin County MN 11,405 $98,056 $365,500
53965 Wisconsin Dells Adams County WI 11,197 $65,237 $211,700
05753 Middlebury Addison County VT 11,031 $87,340 $383,100
05495 St. George Chittenden County VT 10,984 $105,768 $431,600
54971 Ripon Fond du Lac County WI 10,783 $65,914 $182,800
48661 West Branch Ogemaw County MI 10,744 $58,767 $166,500
51105 Sioux City Woodbury County IA 10,726 $46,940 $84,700
57785 Sturgis Meade County SD 10,705 $59,311 $263,000
03766 Lebanon Grafton County NH 10,702 $96,642 $348,000
03755 Hanover Grafton County NH 10,563 $161,162 $744,200
55425 Bloomington Hennepin County MN 10,562 $68,517 $312,900
53572 Mount Horeb Dane County WI 10,441 $104,604 $381,900
55424 Edina Hennepin County MN 10,373 $241,875 $959,800
04938 Farmington Franklin County ME 10,368 $54,281 $169,300
53581 Richland Center Richland County WI 10,141 $59,630 $180,200
04976 Skowhegan Somerset County ME 10,117 $55,245 $159,300
80517 Estes Park Larimer County CO 10,093 $89,659 $670,200
80424 Breckenridge Summit County CO 10,044 $109,497 $970,000
49837 Gladstone Delta County MI 10,007 $65,905 $145,300
51250 Sioux Center Sioux County IA 9,887 $90,238 $286,000
12828 Fort Edward Washington County NY 9,775 $77,776 $213,600
05001 White River Junction Windsor County VT 9,747 $74,369 $270,200
04412 Brewer Penobscot County ME 9,654 $51,490 $218,100
48653 Roscommon Roscommon County MI 9,638 $67,708 $161,800
49738 Grayling Crawford County MI 9,599 $57,573 $153,200
51442 Denison Crawford County IA 9,586 $64,399 $146,200
57032 Harrisburg Lincoln County SD 9,558 $107,241 $295,600
82240 Torrington Goshen County WY 9,547 $65,568 $233,900
69301 Alliance Box Butte County NE 9,525 $70,260 $165,200
82633 Douglas Converse County WY 9,511 $81,467 $274,200
55439 Edina Hennepin County MN 9,475 $173,925 $640,300
59711 Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Deer Lodge County MT 9,464 $50,965 $215,600
54162 Pulaski Shawano County WI 9,462 $79,053 $258,600
50616 Charles City Floyd County IA 9,419 $63,226 $135,000
55121 Eagan Dakota County MN 9,329 $86,929 $299,500

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.