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Plant hardiness zone 8A

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 8A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
8A
ZIP codes
2,951
Population
29,412,969
Median household income (avg.)
$68,961
Average home value
$232,019
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What is USDA zone 8A?

Zone 8A 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 2,951 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 29,412,969 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 8A, 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 8A

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
30044 Lawrenceville Gwinnett County GA 100,471 $76,133 $295,300
30043 Lawrenceville Gwinnett County GA 89,046 $91,299 $344,900
30024 Suwanee Gwinnett County GA 85,106 $139,918 $491,400
27587 Wake Forest Wake County NC 81,902 $125,607 $452,400
28269 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 80,396 $81,063 $300,300
27610 Raleigh Wake County NC 80,173 $66,245 $260,300
30040 Cumming Forsyth County GA 79,580 $133,028 $474,400
28027 Concord Cabarrus County NC 79,429 $89,101 $341,900
30052 Loganville Walton County GA 79,020 $90,567 $325,200
30349 South Fulton Fulton County GA 78,597 $64,732 $236,800
23464 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach city VA 75,290 $89,790 $339,300
30041 Cumming Forsyth County GA 75,160 $141,825 $522,900
28277 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 72,375 $122,223 $507,600
30127 Powder Springs Cobb County GA 72,126 $104,997 $322,800
30096 Duluth Gwinnett County GA 71,141 $75,478 $342,700
30281 Stockbridge Henry County GA 70,838 $70,587 $235,700
30047 Lilburn Gwinnett County GA 70,592 $85,909 $325,600
20002 Washington District of Columbia DC 70,580 $114,482 $813,700
28078 Huntersville Mecklenburg County NC 69,907 $120,503 $441,700
27519 Cary Wake County NC 67,976 $159,414 $614,100
30004 Milton Fulton County GA 67,850 $147,996 $583,700
29681 Five Forks Greenville County SC 67,657 $107,694 $325,700
30135 Douglasville Douglas County GA 66,689 $92,991 $277,400
23322 Chesapeake Chesapeake city VA 66,079 $133,522 $448,000
30188 Woodstock Cherokee County GA 65,980 $105,395 $389,100
28215 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 65,789 $66,065 $273,800
30022 Johns Creek Fulton County GA 64,919 $153,022 $589,400
20019 Washington District of Columbia DC 64,365 $57,031 $437,600
30253 McDonough Henry County GA 64,108 $81,601 $281,000
27406 Greensboro Guilford County NC 63,661 $56,748 $191,800
28173 Waxhaw Union County NC 63,503 $146,196 $558,500
30058 Stonecrest DeKalb County GA 63,421 $62,633 $221,200
30331 South Fulton Fulton County GA 63,418 $61,548 $277,900
30062 Marietta Cobb County GA 63,105 $128,981 $456,500
27703 Durham Durham County NC 62,994 $86,953 $340,500
30083 Tucker DeKalb County GA 62,941 $54,162 $221,400
30101 Acworth Cobb County GA 62,871 $107,004 $376,200
21122 Lake Shore Anne Arundel County MD 61,589 $121,732 $412,100
27616 Raleigh Wake County NC 61,161 $81,534 $314,800
30016 Porterdale Newton County GA 61,123 $74,276 $218,700
30066 Marietta Cobb County GA 60,961 $112,067 $373,500
30263 Newnan Coweta County GA 60,906 $79,752 $278,200
30114 Canton Cherokee County GA 60,340 $97,684 $408,800
28227 Mint Hill Mecklenburg County NC 60,162 $75,322 $313,900
23320 Chesapeake Chesapeake city VA 59,626 $81,736 $323,800
27526 Fuquay-Varina Harnett County NC 59,306 $105,055 $372,300
21222 Dundalk Baltimore County MD 58,935 $61,934 $200,800
30318 Atlanta Fulton County GA 58,651 $79,222 $395,100
27713 Durham Durham County NC 58,409 $96,900 $380,500
30144 Kennesaw Cobb County GA 58,389 $84,628 $310,400

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 8A mean?

Zone 8A 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 8A; 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.