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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
50007 Alleman Polk County IA 490 $130,000 $294,300
68835 Cotesfield Howard County NE 489 $58,438 $120,100
61317 Cherry Bureau County IL 488 $47,250 $96,900
52543 — Mahaska County IA 486 $80,145 $107,300
52574 Mystic Appanoose County IA 484 $60,781 $79,600
51565 Portsmouth Shelby County IA 482 $96,667 $117,300
14748 — Cattaraugus County NY 481 $45,000 $88,600
80722 Atwood Logan County CO 481 $71,413 $235,200
68036 Linwood Butler County NE 480 $61,250 $145,800
68669 Ulysses Butler County NE 480 $84,583 $123,300
68413 Nehawka Cass County NE 477 $142,500 $292,900
80481 Bark Ranch Boulder County CO 477 $92,105 $551,500
82005 Warren AFB Laramie County WY 477 — —
84076 — Uintah County UT 477 $123,625 $328,800
54214 Francis Creek Manitowoc County WI 474 $85,000 $237,500
12422 — Greene County NY 469 $62,321 $229,700
60931 Donovan Iroquois County IL 468 $53,500 $112,000
60917 Buckingham Kankakee County IL 467 $76,875 $182,200
69169 Wallace Lincoln County NE 465 $39,792 $111,100
16750 — McKean County PA 463 $103,906 $81,200
50234 Rhodes Marshall County IA 463 $85,000 $162,500
80747 Peetz Logan County CO 463 $85,000 $210,000
50843 Cumberland Cass County IA 462 $48,438 $81,700
80818 Genoa Lincoln County CO 462 $59,250 $214,100
05342 Jacksonville Windham County VT 461 $82,708 $278,900
24920 Bartow Pocahontas County WV 461 — $76,800
12035 Central Bridge Schoharie County NY 455 $78,333 $187,500
60919 Cabery Ford County IL 455 $76,563 $151,000
69032 Hayes Center Hayes County NE 455 $58,542 $118,100
01346 — Franklin County MA 453 $111,150 $285,200
80726 Crook Logan County CO 453 $61,369 $228,800
63541 Glenwood Schuyler County MO 452 $56,875 $124,100
81332 Rico Dolores County CO 452 $117,500 $568,900
84007 Bluebell Duchesne County UT 452 $89,152 $324,400
68314 Bee Seward County NE 451 $73,250 $181,300
13861 — Otsego County NY 450 $57,047 $183,100
12405 — Greene County NY 449 $68,000 $175,400
68635 Dwight Butler County NE 449 $81,964 $204,800
80101 — Elbert County CO 449 $87,606 $411,100
46381 — Newton County IN 447 $45,391 $150,700
05154 Saxtons River Windham County VT 446 — $172,700
83278 Stanley Custer County ID 443 $79,288 $618,100
05254 Manchester Bennington County VT 441 $107,813 $481,300
52765 New Liberty Scott County IA 441 $113,603 $227,600
68019 Craig Burt County NE 441 $50,625 $135,200
13786 — Delaware County NY 440 $50,833 $145,800
12017 — Columbia County NY 439 — —
68973 Roseland Adams County NE 438 $69,432 $164,700
51543 Kimballton Audubon County IA 435 $55,625 $145,800
52745 Big Rock Scott County IA 435 $67,500 $199,300

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.