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
04617	—	Hancock County	ME	649	$51,891	$359,000
61423	Cameron	Warren County	IL	649	$58,750	$122,100
04671	—	Washington County	ME	647	$63,125	$223,000
14113	—	Wyoming County	NY	646	$95,313	$157,000
04265	—	Kennebec County	ME	645	$43,712	$163,900
84026	Fort Duchesne	Uintah County	UT	645	$29,087	$165,100
13141	—	Cortland County	NY	643	$83,125	$159,900
52222	Deep River	Poweshiek County	IA	643	$65,000	$113,100
68812	Amherst	Buffalo County	NE	642	$68,833	$207,300
13061	—	Madison County	NY	641	$83,239	$222,600
52550	Delta	Keokuk County	IA	635	$55,984	$115,100
61260	Joy	Mercer County	IL	635	$47,500	$83,800
14754	—	Allegany County	NY	633	$60,500	$70,500
14819	—	Steuben County	NY	633	$53,750	$83,600
68723	Carroll	Wayne County	NE	633	$82,143	$187,500
61458	Maquon	Knox County	IL	632	$62,604	$88,600
05341	—	Windham County	VT	631	$47,813	$297,900
68336	Davey	Lancaster County	NE	631	$89,375	$350,000
51532	Elliott	Montgomery County	IA	629	$67,174	$91,400
60479	Verona	Grundy County	IL	629	$103,333	$214,400
61769	Saunemin	Livingston County	IL	629	$62,292	$117,600
60474	South Wilmington	Grundy County	IL	628	$86,250	$166,200
68658	Rising City	Butler County	NE	628	$98,750	$176,000
68875	Scotia	Greeley County	NE	627	$76,250	$96,700
50001	Ackworth	Warren County	IA	626	$131,350	$352,300
80427	Central City	Gilpin County	CO	625	$62,569	$380,100
49718	Carp Lake	Emmet County	MI	622	$44,712	$183,500
50032	—	Polk County	IA	622	—	—
69156	Potter	Cheyenne County	NE	622	$73,750	$115,600
50143	Leighton	Mahaska County	IA	621	$84,630	$300,800
50256	—	Marion County	IA	620	$76,985	$135,400
52621	Crawfordsville	Washington County	IA	620	$94,028	$105,000
61334	Lostant	LaSalle County	IL	620	$96,417	$119,700
68018	Colon	Saunders County	NE	620	$112,679	$190,000
68653	Platte Center	Platte County	NE	620	$88,529	$185,000
69166	Thedford	Thomas County	NE	620	$71,625	$107,000
03609	North Walpole	Cheshire County	NH	618	$69,943	$188,400
68050	Prague	Saunders County	NE	618	$85,313	$150,000
81076	Sugar City	Crowley County	CO	618	$43,333	$55,600
52557	Fairfield	Jefferson County	IA	615	—	—
61318	Compton	Lee County	IL	615	$64,375	$102,900
12046	—	Albany County	NY	612	$79,833	$270,100
14717	—	Allegany County	NY	612	$77,813	$149,000
50275	Woodburn	Clarke County	IA	611	$70,804	$192,500
12406	—	Ulster County	NY	609	$65,643	$260,000
68752	Meadow Grove	Madison County	NE	609	$68,333	$124,300
52335	South English	Keokuk County	IA	608	$55,893	$110,900
13842	—	Delaware County	NY	607	$78,333	$218,200
52595	University Park	Mahaska County	IA	607	$63,125	$88,900
68319	Bradshaw	York County	NE	607	$70,993	$146,700

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.