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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
52314 Mount Vernon Linn County IA 6,048 $106,667 $279,800
54157 Peshtigo Marinette County WI 6,044 $69,158 $169,900
53583 Sauk City Sauk County WI 6,043 $92,792 $305,200
52172 Waukon Allamakee County IA 5,986 $65,801 $158,300
49734 — — — 5,983 $44,935 $166,000
05733 Brandon Rutland County VT 5,970 $65,673 $240,400
57033 Hartford Minnehaha County SD 5,947 $98,156 $280,500
50659 New Hampton Chickasaw County IA 5,942 $76,620 $187,800
13316 Camden Oneida County NY 5,924 $62,941 $158,900
04276 Rumford Oxford County ME 5,918 $39,522 $119,400
13856 Walton Delaware County NY 5,915 $48,852 $144,100
53955 Lake Wisconsin Columbia County WI 5,909 $95,802 $285,100
57747 Angostura Fall River County SD 5,889 $64,023 $195,600
13309 Boonville Oneida County NY 5,828 $70,377 $196,800
54154 Oconto Falls Oconto County WI 5,813 $57,887 $194,000
55071 St. Paul Park Washington County MN 5,807 $98,945 $256,200
50436 Forest City Winnebago County IA 5,760 $68,600 $164,300
04457 Lincoln Penobscot County ME 5,755 $51,403 $126,100
05491 Vergennes Addison County VT 5,750 $91,053 $306,000
53508 Belleville Dane County WI 5,711 $95,577 $330,700
68702 — — — 5,679 $65,484 $221,100
57730 Custer Custer County SD 5,647 $81,911 $324,300
49631 Evart Osceola County MI 5,646 $46,250 $120,700
51108 Sioux City Plymouth County IA 5,637 $78,333 $166,600
59741 Gallatin River Ranch Gallatin County MT 5,635 $86,382 $562,300
13753 Delhi Delaware County NY 5,629 $70,991 $213,400
05465 Jericho Chittenden County VT 5,628 $116,786 $460,700
51054 Sergeant Bluff Woodbury County IA 5,596 $121,228 $292,600
53805 Boscobel Grant County WI 5,569 $57,137 $147,300
52040 Dyersville Delaware County IA 5,508 $76,923 $229,900
04416 Bucksport Hancock County ME 5,503 $62,913 $237,700
52031 Bellevue Jackson County IA 5,490 $84,243 $231,300
50548 Humboldt Humboldt County IA 5,482 $71,043 $177,700
57770 Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota County SD 5,384 $53,988 $54,200
50441 Hampton Franklin County IA 5,363 $55,301 $124,000
04009 Bridgton Cumberland County ME 5,357 $86,386 $286,600
57118 — — — 5,347 $64,302 $139,400
53017 Richfield Washington County WI 5,284 $160,145 $477,300
13637 Calcium Jefferson County NY 5,280 $62,786 $189,600
12025 Broadalbin Fulton County NY 5,278 $71,732 $222,900
05672 Stowe Lamoille County VT 5,252 $86,304 $599,100
55455 Minneapolis Hennepin County MN 5,243 — —
49868 Newberry Luce County MI 5,231 $53,651 $98,400
05454 Fairfax Franklin County VT 5,195 $118,438 $361,000
52772 Tipton Cedar County IA 5,186 $80,997 $213,600
04268 Norway Oxford County ME 5,168 $53,162 $184,700
49797 — — — 5,166 $78,828 $194,800
12962 Morrisonville Clinton County NY 5,131 $67,511 $169,000
13605 Adams Jefferson County NY 5,106 $70,947 $188,200
50461 Osage Mitchell County IA 5,094 $66,004 $158,800

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.