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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
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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
60110 Carpentersville Kane County IL 39,028 $87,714 $224,300
53051 Menomonee Falls Waukesha County WI 39,000 $98,423 $341,700
60107 Streamwood Cook County IL 38,965 $101,017 $258,300
60504 Aurora DuPage County IL 38,861 $98,249 $272,800
60563 Naperville DuPage County IL 38,829 $106,207 $422,900
60137 Glen Ellyn DuPage County IL 38,754 $131,695 $490,800
80521 Fort Collins Larimer County CO 38,217 $52,679 $541,300
80920 Colorado Springs El Paso County CO 38,154 $111,233 $484,900
60067 Palatine Cook County IL 38,118 $121,572 $427,900
82001 Cheyenne Laramie County WY 37,955 $74,149 $291,400
04240 Lewiston Androscoggin County ME 37,886 $56,558 $214,200
54311 Green Bay Brown County WI 37,588 $83,178 $272,400
53703 Madison Dane County WI 37,467 $46,618 $472,000
61201 Rock Island Rock Island County IL 37,294 $57,260 $118,300
60060 Mundelein Lake County IL 37,146 $110,463 $299,200
80516 Erie Weld County CO 37,107 $160,590 $683,600
53066 Summit Waukesha County WI 37,056 $111,348 $402,800
54901 Oshkosh Winnebago County WI 36,999 $61,734 $164,000
60133 Hanover Park DuPage County IL 36,850 $92,263 $260,900
50266 West Des Moines Dallas County IA 36,770 $85,282 $325,100
50317 Des Moines Polk County IA 36,721 $61,569 $165,200
80104 Castle Rock Douglas County CO 36,461 $131,359 $586,800
60074 Palatine Cook County IL 36,296 $81,911 $307,800
52240 Iowa City Johnson County IA 36,046 $55,189 $241,100
80138 Parker Douglas County CO 35,942 $142,397 $679,800
60030 Grayslake Lake County IL 35,579 $104,920 $276,800
80108 Castle Pines Douglas County CO 35,485 $178,670 $813,500
82009 Ranchettes Laramie County WY 35,355 $102,727 $415,000
50315 Des Moines Polk County IA 35,349 $62,036 $164,000
53132 Franklin Milwaukee County WI 35,272 $110,656 $345,600
53214 West Allis Milwaukee County WI 35,010 $62,712 $178,600
51501 Council Bluffs Pottawattamie County IA 34,928 $59,314 $140,400
53219 Milwaukee Milwaukee County WI 34,855 $70,998 $190,300
60046 Lake Villa Lake County IL 34,708 $122,376 $282,500
53188 Waukesha Waukesha County WI 34,290 $88,656 $317,300
12020 Milton Saratoga County NY 34,140 $101,727 $299,600
68123 Bellevue Sarpy County NE 34,098 $96,188 $273,100
03301 Concord Merrimack County NH 33,987 $85,943 $344,300
60185 West Chicago DuPage County IL 33,711 $105,063 $313,600
61008 Belvidere Boone County IL 33,697 $75,833 $185,200
53719 Madison Dane County WI 33,688 $92,223 $349,300
53142 Bristol Kenosha County WI 33,572 $86,891 $254,300
60169 Hoffman Estates Cook County IL 33,529 $92,399 $292,300
50010 Ames Story County IA 33,428 $65,701 $243,200
60098 Woodstock McHenry County IL 33,307 $92,749 $257,900
80831 Colorado Springs El Paso County CO 33,287 $128,900 $495,800
53186 Waukesha Waukesha County WI 33,264 $74,596 $277,800
13502 Utica Oneida County NY 33,241 $59,530 $149,600
60901 Kankakee Kankakee County IL 33,224 $54,557 $143,200
49855 Marquette Marquette County MI 33,199 $62,321 $245,100

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.