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
61320	Dalzell	Bureau County	IL	706	$74,375	$159,400
80510	Allenspark	Boulder County	CO	705	$122,143	$772,100
61438	Good Hope	McDonough County	IL	702	$65,703	$152,400
50859	Prescott	Adams County	IA	701	$70,536	$162,500
68439	Staplehurst	Seward County	NE	700	$86,563	$127,000
68815	Arcadia	Valley County	NE	698	$78,281	$179,500
16726	—	McKean County	PA	697	$73,382	$129,200
50151	Lucas	Lucas County	IA	695	$87,548	$142,700
68647	Monroe	Platte County	NE	695	$100,142	$205,800
52580	Packwood	Jefferson County	IA	691	$44,009	$112,200
61261	Lyndon	Whiteside County	IL	691	$53,750	$114,400
13337	Fly Creek	Otsego County	NY	690	$74,821	$287,500
68634	Duncan	Platte County	NE	688	$63,929	$144,700
03853	Melvin Village	Carroll County	NH	687	$101,958	$518,400
16745	—	McKean County	PA	685	$60,313	$104,400
50214	—	Marion County	IA	684	$118,958	$354,600
12823	—	Washington County	NY	682	$114,450	$195,200
60553	Steward	Lee County	IL	681	$110,938	$173,200
14877	—	Steuben County	NY	680	$52,188	$114,900
51558	Moorhead	Monona County	IA	680	$78,393	$70,000
68627	Cedar Rapids	Boone County	NE	679	$63,958	$105,300
68854	Overland	Hamilton County	NE	679	$81,125	$272,800
50164	Menlo	Guthrie County	IA	677	$78,542	$151,600
61430	East Galesburg	Knox County	IL	676	$65,750	$106,000
61453	Little York	Warren County	IL	675	$59,375	$85,100
52769	Stockton	Scott County	IA	673	$115,563	$304,500
52551	Douds	Van Buren County	IA	672	$87,578	$96,800
60537	Millington	LaSalle County	IL	671	$79,826	$204,800
61278	Rapids City	Rock Island County	IL	671	$84,000	$222,600
50163	Melcher-Dallas	Marion County	IA	669	$73,704	$97,700
69122	Big Springs	Deuel County	NE	669	$65,179	$100,000
68926	Beaver City	Furnas County	NE	668	$55,536	$65,900
83423	Dubois	Clark County	ID	668	$51,146	$200,000
13361	—	Herkimer County	NY	666	$100,000	$178,400
13756	—	Delaware County	NY	665	$71,458	$148,900
68460	Thayer	York County	NE	665	$90,991	$215,400
26264	Durbin	Pocahontas County	WV	664	$43,000	$132,700
14536	—	Wyoming County	NY	663	$62,348	$102,900
49757	Mackinac Island	Mackinac County	MI	663	$100,125	$834,600
59919	Hungry Horse	Flathead County	MT	663	—	—
68652	Petersburg	Boone County	NE	663	$66,250	$123,100
84001	Bluebell	Duchesne County	UT	661	$67,375	$219,000
50840	Clearfield	Taylor County	IA	659	$76,161	$147,100
50232	Reasnor	Jasper County	IA	656	$84,118	$256,500
68020	Decatur	Burt County	NE	655	$51,250	$86,400
13155	—	Chenango County	NY	654	$66,146	$92,500
01029	—	Berkshire County	MA	652	$99,188	$469,400
12470	Cairo	Greene County	NY	651	$84,155	$220,100
84046	Manila	Daggett County	UT	651	$70,714	$238,800
52584	Pulaski	Davis County	IA	650	$73,000	$96,100

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.