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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
35650 Moulton Lawrence County AL 13,485 $61,010 $176,000
23851 Franklin Southampton County VA 13,481 $73,333 $222,700
29601 Greenville Greenville County SC 13,452 $73,321 $583,200
71953 Mena Polk County AR 13,412 $52,355 $144,200
27863 Pikeville Wayne County NC 13,401 $78,063 $177,600
72212 Little Rock Pulaski County AR 13,400 $116,310 $341,400
30650 Madison Morgan County GA 13,398 $80,357 $314,300
27892 Williamston Martin County NC 13,387 $46,892 $114,100
76309 Wichita Falls Wichita County TX 13,344 $51,886 $138,600
35077 Hanceville Cullman County AL 13,290 $47,720 $157,000
35146 Springville St. Clair County AL 13,283 $83,438 $255,100
28551 La Grange Lenoir County NC 13,264 $52,449 $119,700
38120 Memphis Shelby County TN 13,249 $119,309 $421,500
28364 Raemon Robeson County NC 13,184 $33,889 $76,100
28134 Pineville Mecklenburg County NC 13,121 $82,947 $336,200
28650 Maiden Catawba County NC 13,082 $71,784 $209,800
27249 Gibsonville Guilford County NC 13,081 $81,250 $220,100
38012 Brownsville Haywood County TN 13,079 $41,485 $129,800
23072 Gloucester Point Gloucester County VA 13,069 $71,886 $282,500
36272 Ballplay Cherokee County AL 12,996 $52,726 $123,200
20005 Washington District of Columbia DC 12,960 $111,960 $636,000
08260 North Wildwood Cape May County NJ 12,913 $71,549 $441,300
76450 Graham Young County TX 12,890 $67,076 $187,700
28016 Bessemer City Gaston County NC 12,882 $52,058 $187,600
37406 Chattanooga Hamilton County TN 12,867 $42,993 $150,300
29520 Cheraw Chesterfield County SC 12,860 $41,786 $98,600
72396 Wynne Cross County AR 12,854 $54,516 $131,100
72921 Alma Crawford County AR 12,827 $68,302 $185,800
27932 Edenton Chowan County NC 12,784 $54,962 $206,700
79556 Sweetwater Nolan County TX 12,593 $48,582 $97,800
79772 Pecos Reeves County TX 12,547 $56,541 $116,000
27608 Raleigh Wake County NC 12,522 $155,433 $911,000
72150 Sheridan Grant County AR 12,476 $75,342 $176,900
35217 Tarrant Jefferson County AL 12,468 $38,769 $113,800
20037 Washington District of Columbia DC 12,441 $98,917 $743,700
35759 Meridianville Madison County AL 12,435 $98,374 $272,200
38821 Amory Monroe County MS 12,417 $52,810 $157,600
29672 Seneca Oconee County SC 12,364 $87,521 $394,200
38060 Oakland Fayette County TN 12,360 $84,277 $293,500
36863 Huguley Chambers County AL 12,335 $45,313 $113,100
38843 Fulton Itawamba County MS 12,275 $59,785 $141,800
72086 Lonoke Lonoke County AR 12,250 $59,450 $151,700
29691 Walhalla Oconee County SC 12,248 $52,722 $179,700
76384 Vernon Wilbarger County TX 12,239 $51,582 $101,600
28345 Hamlet Richmond County NC 12,224 $38,472 $95,700
35954 Attalla Etowah County AL 12,170 $56,004 $130,600
30529 Commerce Jackson County GA 12,138 $62,122 $234,100
27528 — — — 12,117 $69,025 $275,500
29620 Abbeville Abbeville County SC 12,116 $54,784 $179,800
23702 Portsmouth Portsmouth city VA 12,087 $48,288 $188,600

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.