Plant hardiness zone 5B

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

Zone

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
59841	Pinesdale	Ravalli County	MT	847	$70,694	$198,100
68455	Union	Cass County	NE	844	$103,281	$308,500
68628	Clarks	Merrick County	NE	844	$55,125	$155,200
51544	Lewis	Cass County	IA	843	$48,750	$84,500
12469	Preston-Potter Hollow	Albany County	NY	842	$89,844	$221,700
13780	Guilford	Chenango County	NY	842	$75,278	$124,100
80827	—	Park County	CO	842	$52,311	$447,500
59832	Drummond	Granite County	MT	841	$59,125	$303,400
49922	Dollar Bay	Houghton County	MI	837	$55,300	$120,600
60549	Serena	LaSalle County	IL	836	$105,625	$292,000
52729	Calamus	Clinton County	IA	834	$93,750	$163,900
50062	Melcher-Dallas	Marion County	IA	833	$70,714	$163,100
04535	—	Lincoln County	ME	829	$87,250	$327,700
50168	Mingo	Jasper County	IA	829	$99,875	$232,800
01245	—	Berkshire County	MA	828	$113,750	$602,900
51533	Emerson	Montgomery County	IA	828	$62,727	$133,500
50150	Lovilia	Monroe County	IA	827	$64,844	$119,200
14822	Canaseraga	Allegany County	NY	826	$64,100	$84,000
16436	—	Warren County	PA	824	$44,205	$155,600
51542	—	Pottawattamie County	IA	824	$112,898	$362,400
16740	Mount Jewett	McKean County	PA	823	$47,222	$75,200
12873	—	Washington County	NY	820	$95,417	$216,400
50845	Diagonal	Ringgold County	IA	820	$70,781	$104,300
53069	Okauchee Lake	Waukesha County	WI	819	$127,959	$398,500
53537	Footville	Rock County	WI	818	$56,375	$147,400
49638	Harrietta	Wexford County	MI	817	$50,000	$114,900
60930	Danforth	Iroquois County	IL	816	$54,688	$150,000
61516	Benson	Woodford County	IL	816	$90,833	$123,300
13321	Clark Mills	Oneida County	NY	815	$58,508	—
61544	London Mills	Fulton County	IL	815	$79,333	$95,700
61367	Sublette	Lee County	IL	814	$58,580	$185,000
61545	Lowpoint	Woodford County	IL	814	$75,822	$188,400
68029	Herman	Washington County	NE	814	$79,318	$147,000
61039	German Valley	Stephenson County	IL	812	$90,000	$145,800
13072	—	Madison County	NY	811	$46,836	$99,700
61436	Gilson	Knox County	IL	810	$74,688	$186,500
50858	Orient	Adair County	IA	808	$78,182	$140,500
12768	—	Sullivan County	NY	805	$34,406	$271,300
69131	Dalton	Cheyenne County	NE	805	$66,776	$105,900
83239	Georgetown	Bear Lake County	ID	805	$78,750	$194,200
68354	Fairmont	Fillmore County	NE	803	$66,827	$103,100
05350	Readsboro	Bennington County	VT	799	$56,379	$199,500
13739	Bloomville	Delaware County	NY	792	$61,719	$169,700
80835	Simla	Elbert County	CO	791	$75,469	$242,700
47942	Earl Park	Benton County	IN	789	$69,167	$116,700
51557	Mondamin	Harrison County	IA	788	$75,221	$160,900
69045	Wauneta	Chase County	NE	788	$51,071	$99,400
80515	—	Larimer County	CO	786	$79,896	$539,800
50134	Kelley	Story County	IA	783	$97,250	$277,500
05758	—	Rutland County	VT	781	$63,214	$231,300

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.