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Plant hardiness zone 5B

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 5B. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
5B
ZIP codes
2,697
Population
14,963,040
Median household income (avg.)
$78,158
Average home value
$236,370

What is USDA zone 5B?

Zone 5B 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 2,697 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 14,963,040 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 5B, 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 5B

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
51537 Harlan Shelby County IA 6,480 $62,353 $161,800
53122 Elm Grove Waukesha County WI 6,467 $133,036 $470,200
16735 Kane McKean County PA 6,465 $58,496 $88,000
50049 Chariton Lucas County IA 6,425 $66,750 $123,700
80514 Dacono Weld County CO 6,419 $99,389 $448,200
15853 Ridgway Elk County PA 6,330 $60,380 $108,000
01226 Berkshire County MA 6,304 $81,168 $289,300
01227 6,304 $81,168 $289,300
61530 Eureka Woodford County IL 6,297 $68,631 $166,700
60147 6,295 $106,274 $371,200
13346 Hamilton Madison County NY 6,275 $65,391 $222,300
13073 Groton Tompkins County NY 6,246 $71,316 $167,900
46996 Winamac Pulaski County IN 6,231 $60,287 $138,800
04270 Oxford Oxford County ME 6,200 $69,263 $194,800
03242 Henniker Merrimack County NH 6,161 $87,344 $317,600
04364 Winthrop Kennebec County ME 6,153 $82,858 $273,100
54216 Kewaunee Kewaunee County WI 6,146 $81,650 $173,300
12834 Greenwich Washington County NY 6,137 $82,931 $234,900
03222 Bristol Grafton County NH 6,135 $78,535 $256,500
49663 Manton Wexford County MI 6,132 $55,513 $144,400
13339 Fort Plain Montgomery County NY 6,131 $57,885 $93,000
14706 Allegany Cattaraugus County NY 6,118 $76,029 $170,300
52753 Le Claire Scott County IA 6,111 $100,122 $306,700
80530 Frederick Weld County CO 6,097 $120,172 $449,200
54208 Denmark Brown County WI 6,094 $90,956 $245,300
60598 6,078 $97,569 $203,000
53060 6,064 $93,670 $322,600
60566 6,050 $118,192 $513,800
59833 Carlton Ravalli County MT 6,046 $82,115 $486,600
61088 Winnebago Winnebago County IL 5,992 $94,286 $193,000
61240 Coal Valley Rock Island County IL 5,988 $108,929 $231,000
53559 Marshall Dane County WI 5,981 $95,805 $280,800
03229 Contoocook Merrimack County NH 5,976 $130,216 $441,200
48622 Farwell Clare County MI 5,970 $57,500 $123,600
69153 Ogallala Keith County NE 5,968 $58,022 $149,600
60970 Watseka Iroquois County IL 5,965 $48,456 $120,700
80136 Comanche Creek Adams County CO 5,965 $110,435 $495,700
80962 5,963 $107,485 $465,800
80118 Perry Park Douglas County CO 5,950 $153,368 $826,900
80539 5,938 $75,121 $446,200
04274 Androscoggin County ME 5,920 $94,625 $280,300
16915 Coudersport Potter County PA 5,911 $65,677 $174,400
48888 Stanton Montcalm County MI 5,905 $55,954 $147,300
53052 5,897 $83,525 $278,000
01238 Lee Berkshire County MA 5,893 $74,469 $332,100
52531 Albia Monroe County IA 5,885 $74,081 $140,700
53171 5,885 $78,313 $283,000
12090 Hoosick Falls Rensselaer County NY 5,874 $72,500 $187,900
04282 Turner Androscoggin County ME 5,852 $87,981 $254,400
68802 5,838 $78,634 $271,790

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 5B mean?

Zone 5B 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 5B; 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.