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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
30019 Dacula Gwinnett County GA 47,887 $115,275 $389,000
28210 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 47,537 $94,145 $486,000
27513 Cary Wake County NC 47,444 $119,458 $468,300
27502 Apex Wake County NC 47,436 $137,088 $491,900
30076 Roswell Fulton County GA 47,397 $113,166 $461,300
21224 Baltimore Baltimore city MD 46,949 $86,209 $281,400
98501 Tumwater Thurston County WA 46,937 $95,695 $485,200
71913 Hot Springs Garland County AR 46,853 $55,367 $179,200
30045 Dacula Gwinnett County GA 46,733 $98,702 $332,800
30134 Douglasville Douglas County GA 46,587 $73,699 $244,500
30067 Marietta Cobb County GA 46,436 $76,537 $430,700
27516 Chapel Hill Orange County NC 46,372 $100,788 $508,400
35215 Birmingham Jefferson County AL 46,372 $51,854 $146,900
27540 Holly Springs Wake County NC 45,993 $125,681 $474,700
27215 Burlington Alamance County NC 45,967 $66,669 $241,700
28105 Matthews Mecklenburg County NC 45,922 $104,242 $389,100
28262 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 45,884 $66,757 $297,300
98226 Bellingham Whatcom County WA 45,739 $79,684 $568,400
27606 Raleigh Wake County NC 45,728 $75,640 $423,900
27615 Raleigh Wake County NC 45,722 $107,051 $441,100
28213 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 45,676 $55,612 $251,700
30097 Johns Creek Fulton County GA 45,543 $127,464 $592,300
30319 Brookhaven DeKalb County GA 45,382 $132,847 $708,700
38655 Oxford Lafayette County MS 45,377 $64,423 $275,500
23188 Williamsburg James City County VA 45,342 $101,088 $409,100
30506 Gainesville Hall County GA 44,964 $95,224 $363,100
30102 — Cherokee County GA 44,593 $91,673 $292,100
37343 Chattanooga Hamilton County TN 44,572 $79,177 $275,300
29621 Anderson Anderson County SC 44,458 $71,446 $252,700
30152 Kennesaw Cobb County GA 44,432 $121,026 $385,300
38016 Memphis Shelby County TN 44,390 $75,719 $261,700
27613 Raleigh Wake County NC 44,357 $119,362 $478,600
30736 Ringgold Catoosa County GA 44,134 $83,896 $233,600
27604 Raleigh Wake County NC 44,094 $72,793 $293,100
38128 Memphis Shelby County TN 44,027 $43,166 $123,900
20001 Washington District of Columbia DC 44,022 $138,730 $844,500
28376 Five Points Hoke County NC 43,980 $61,793 $208,100
38002 Lakeland Shelby County TN 43,868 $115,478 $363,000
29715 Fort Mill York County SC 43,855 $111,323 $416,100
23608 Newport News Newport News city VA 43,841 $67,556 $243,300
38109 Memphis Shelby County TN 43,764 $36,934 $76,600
29687 Taylors Greenville County SC 43,577 $73,379 $247,400
21221 Essex Baltimore County MD 43,536 $67,368 $266,800
23323 Chesapeake Chesapeake city VA 43,383 $105,912 $360,500
29607 Greenville Greenville County SC 43,325 $69,249 $315,100
38111 Memphis Shelby County TN 43,308 $52,806 $165,200
30120 Cartersville Bartow County GA 43,301 $83,892 $276,200
30701 Calhoun Gordon County GA 43,078 $62,075 $210,900
30294 Forest Park DeKalb County GA 43,076 $76,731 $233,300
30238 Irondale Clayton County GA 43,050 $60,232 $208,200

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.