Plant hardiness zone 8A

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

Zone

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
72851	New Blaine	Logan County	AR	687	$72,615	$187,400
23025	—	Mathews County	VA	686	$48,250	$583,900
98542	—	Lewis County	WA	686	$61,818	$415,700
38848	Gattman	Monroe County	MS	685	$64,184	$185,700
38943	—	Carroll County	MS	681	$34,896	—
72832	Coal Hill	Johnson County	AR	677	$24,440	$83,800
76483	Throckmorton	Throckmorton County	TX	675	$46,705	$73,600
72384	Gilmore	Crittenden County	AR	668	$43,646	$103,900
21864	Stockton	Worcester County	MD	667	$87,717	$173,100
72099	Jacksonville	Pulaski County	AR	664	—	—
73461	Wapanucka	Johnston County	OK	662	$47,500	$98,800
72928	Branch	Franklin County	AR	660	$29,545	$112,200
71841	Gillham	Sevier County	AR	655	$36,250	$53,800
19944	Fenwick Island	Sussex County	DE	652	$103,125	$1,160,100
23307	—	Northampton County	VA	652	$43,350	$145,500
27942	Harrellsville	Hertford County	NC	645	$42,778	$99,600
29145	Silverstreet	Newberry County	SC	641	$61,068	$56,500
20674	Piney Point	St. Mary's County	MD	638	$126,029	$398,600
89003	Beatty	Nye County	NV	637	—	$154,100
39755	Pheba	Clay County	MS	634	$29,770	$126,500
63821	Arbyrd	Dunklin County	MO	627	$38,659	$62,600
74557	Moyers	Pushmataha County	OK	624	$45,833	$119,200
38859	New Site	Prentiss County	MS	623	$65,980	$133,200
76379	Scotland	Archer County	TX	623	$82,917	$138,000
28109	Misenheimer	Stanly County	NC	620	$28,771	$185,700
76466	—	Eastland County	TX	620	—	$81,300
23887	Gasburg	Brunswick County	VA	619	—	$234,100
35176	Vandiver	Shelby County	AL	618	$36,771	$114,100
23070	—	Middlesex County	VA	615	$132,532	$499,100
76827	—	Brown County	TX	615	—	$185,900
72374	Poplar Grove	Phillips County	AR	614	$55,938	$114,900
21662	—	Talbot County	MD	612	$133,125	$708,300
23176	—	Middlesex County	VA	608	$73,617	$250,400
73528	Chattanooga	Cotton County	OK	605	$67,188	$154,900
73562	Randlett	Cotton County	OK	605	$106,250	$150,700
72001	Adona	Perry County	AR	599	$37,765	$114,200
73455	Ravia	Johnston County	OK	598	$60,208	$68,600
72060	Griffithville	White County	AR	593	$30,476	$132,600
79742	Grandfalls	Ward County	TX	593	$117,515	$91,400
27853	Severn	Northampton County	NC	589	$49,423	$74,300
79718	Balmorhea	Reeves County	TX	589	—	$59,500
38914	Big Creek	Calhoun County	MS	586	$53,636	$73,300
23066	Gwynn	Mathews County	VA	584	$91,210	$408,500
97522	Butte Falls	Jackson County	OR	584	$47,083	$229,200
23337	Wattsville	Accomack County	VA	582	$84,138	$192,900
23180	—	Middlesex County	VA	581	$67,365	$300,000
73453	—	Love County	OK	579	$85,500	$257,500
29065	Jenkinsville	Fairfield County	SC	574	$46,334	$94,000
21840	Nanticoke	Wicomico County	MD	573	$120,324	—
23828	Branchville	Southampton County	VA	571	$57,679	$159,600

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.