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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
30339 Vinings Cobb County GA 34,872 $101,049 $437,300
30341 Chamblee DeKalb County GA 34,812 $81,774 $438,500
29745 York York County SC 34,738 $75,665 $242,200
21225 Brooklyn Park Anne Arundel County MD 34,469 $50,069 $214,000
30161 Rome Floyd County GA 34,461 $60,176 $185,000
27332 Sanford Lee County NC 34,378 $73,075 $224,000
27302 Mebane Alamance County NC 34,222 $81,875 $275,400
72956 Van Buren Crawford County AR 34,102 $60,387 $177,100
30311 Atlanta Fulton County GA 34,036 $51,242 $270,000
30094 Conyers Rockdale County GA 34,017 $87,619 $266,600
98229 Bellingham Whatcom County WA 33,919 $90,068 $564,700
30248 Locust Grove Henry County GA 33,837 $85,458 $275,000
30342 Sandy Springs Fulton County GA 33,774 $117,865 $804,300
27545 Knightdale Wake County NC 33,750 $85,400 $301,300
35630 Florence Lauderdale County AL 33,697 $44,168 $153,300
21230 Baltimore Baltimore city MD 33,509 $94,164 $327,700
23435 Suffolk Suffolk city VA 33,401 $107,833 $374,500
72120 Sherwood Pulaski County AR 33,393 $75,853 $189,400
29611 Parker Greenville County SC 33,387 $47,046 $163,600
76087 Weatherford Parker County TX 33,353 $108,499 $352,000
27511 Cary Wake County NC 33,279 $104,072 $416,600
72209 Little Rock Pulaski County AR 33,200 $40,267 $99,100
30534 Dawsonville Dawson County GA 33,191 $88,953 $336,600
30705 Chatsworth Murray County GA 33,078 $68,519 $179,300
30068 Marietta Cobb County GA 33,040 $142,911 $564,400
27614 Raleigh Wake County NC 33,021 $122,258 $530,100
29640 Easley Pickens County SC 32,997 $60,596 $197,200
28270 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 32,913 $128,660 $543,600
21403 Annapolis Neck Anne Arundel County MD 32,757 $115,068 $566,900
35810 Huntsville Madison County AL 32,705 $46,963 $126,100
27253 Graham Alamance County NC 32,688 $62,020 $212,300
28211 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 32,637 $130,221 $701,900
27514 Chapel Hill Orange County NC 32,612 $94,167 $628,700
79706 Midland Midland County TX 32,605 $110,988 $280,500
35173 Trussville Jefferson County AL 32,125 $113,028 $327,500
30214 Fayetteville Fayette County GA 32,003 $87,138 $338,300
28217 Charlotte Mecklenburg County NC 31,909 $60,397 $238,500
35603 Decatur Morgan County AL 31,875 $78,237 $235,600
29316 Boiling Springs Spartanburg County SC 31,874 $75,808 $227,700
28146 Salisbury Rowan County NC 31,757 $67,053 $227,600
30030 Decatur DeKalb County GA 31,712 $127,318 $598,400
30240 LaGrange Troup County GA 31,670 $59,521 $221,800
76901 Grape Creek Tom Green County TX 31,581 $64,542 $169,500
30033 North Decatur DeKalb County GA 31,530 $107,647 $430,900
30507 Gainesville Hall County GA 31,374 $74,782 $236,200
27534 Goldsboro Wayne County NC 31,340 $59,950 $187,700
30501 Gainesville Hall County GA 31,305 $58,214 $249,900
98512 Tumwater Thurston County WA 31,291 $93,738 $438,800
72204 Little Rock Pulaski County AR 31,219 $39,088 $117,600
27104 Winston-Salem Forsyth County NC 31,184 $77,056 $329,300

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.