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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
28208 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 38,948 $51,339 $198,300
30117 Carrollton Carroll County GA 38,896 $58,463 $239,600
20032 Washington District of Columbia DC 38,828 $48,146 $391,400
30328 Sandy Springs Fulton County GA 38,821 $113,736 $551,600
08401 Atlantic City Atlantic County NJ 38,744 $36,375 $189,600
30084 Tucker DeKalb County GA 38,715 $82,747 $332,000
29615 Wade Hampton Greenville County SC 38,709 $74,200 $348,600
72076 Jacksonville Pulaski County AR 38,647 $53,048 $155,600
27893 Wilson Wilson County NC 38,626 $40,180 $153,000
27320 Reidsville Rockingham County NC 38,610 $55,491 $170,700
38018 Memphis Shelby County TN 38,357 $89,627 $255,300
30542 Flowery Branch Hall County GA 38,300 $92,644 $346,000
30265 Newnan Coweta County GA 38,247 $104,446 $331,900
28677 Statesville Iredell County NC 37,628 $59,081 $207,000
30087 Tucker DeKalb County GA 37,570 $89,484 $312,200
27530 Goldsboro Wayne County NC 37,442 $55,507 $176,500
29349 Inman Spartanburg County SC 37,314 $74,363 $233,400
30223 Griffin Spalding County GA 37,136 $56,940 $186,900
38671 Southaven DeSoto County MS 37,070 $61,744 $176,300
28052 Gastonia Gaston County NC 36,896 $46,015 $173,500
38115 Memphis Shelby County TN 36,878 $42,931 $129,700
72023 Cabot Lonoke County AR 36,813 $76,157 $202,400
35244 Hoover Shelby County AL 36,775 $114,172 $390,900
88310 Alamogordo Otero County NM 36,737 $53,833 $164,300
30092 Peachtree Corners Gwinnett County GA 36,660 $77,339 $465,800
30028 — Forsyth County GA 36,631 $132,569 $429,000
76904 San Angelo Tom Green County TX 36,444 $79,617 $266,800
28278 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 36,438 $121,366 $413,400
28104 Weddington Union County NC 36,232 $129,775 $482,200
73401 Ardmore Carter County OK 36,228 $60,288 $174,700
27205 Asheboro Randolph County NC 36,212 $63,577 $191,900
20003 Washington District of Columbia DC 36,194 $159,604 $954,200
35601 Decatur Morgan County AL 36,008 $50,216 $148,100
87108 Albuquerque Bernalillo County NM 35,985 $39,578 $227,600
27527 Archer Lodge Johnston County NC 35,968 $111,011 $360,700
28056 Gastonia Gaston County NC 35,963 $90,422 $283,800
28311 Fayetteville Cumberland County NC 35,927 $60,033 $195,700
30350 Sandy Springs Fulton County GA 35,809 $84,633 $512,800
29642 Powdersville Anderson County SC 35,721 $77,604 $267,700
22314 Alexandria Alexandria city VA 35,696 $144,359 $856,400
29301 Spartanburg Spartanburg County SC 35,694 $56,606 $200,800
30008 Marietta Cobb County GA 35,598 $73,130 $269,600
27609 Raleigh Wake County NC 35,548 $81,538 $441,100
72143 Searcy White County AR 35,523 $55,522 $176,900
30344 East Point Fulton County GA 35,486 $59,647 $240,700
29680 Simpsonville Greenville County SC 35,264 $85,143 $279,200
29707 — Lancaster County SC 35,224 $117,609 $439,400
30315 Atlanta Fulton County GA 35,221 $42,383 $266,200
72032 Conway Faulkner County AR 35,120 $61,452 $183,200
30316 Atlanta DeKalb County GA 35,040 $96,491 $401,800

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.