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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
76903 San Angelo Tom Green County TX 31,181 $49,045 $115,900
29609 Greenville Greenville County SC 31,080 $64,837 $303,800
28031 Cornelius Mecklenburg County NC 31,021 $115,746 $497,400
21237 Rosedale Baltimore County MD 30,851 $90,269 $280,400
38632 Hernando DeSoto County MS 30,824 $90,277 $287,100
29673 Piedmont Greenville County SC 30,812 $69,630 $225,300
30340 Doraville DeKalb County GA 30,646 $57,216 $312,600
38135 Bartlett Shelby County TN 30,490 $92,458 $270,100
79720 Big Spring Howard County TX 30,432 $71,194 $146,500
30309 Atlanta Fulton County GA 30,413 $111,894 $414,700
28303 Fayetteville Cumberland County NC 30,220 $53,261 $174,900
72019 Benton Saline County AR 30,030 $86,025 $248,700
27804 Rocky Mount Nash County NC 29,992 $58,837 $177,600
23606 Newport News Newport News city VA 29,899 $69,921 $296,900
76201 Denton Denton County TX 29,832 $37,863 $250,200
38801 Tupelo Lee County MS 29,817 $63,447 $187,600
35811 Huntsville Madison County AL 29,748 $92,361 $249,900
72404 Jonesboro Craighead County AR 29,722 $67,000 $236,300
71901 Hot Springs Garland County AR 29,719 $52,410 $173,400
20745 Glassmanor Prince George's County MD 29,518 $80,649 $351,500
79606 Abilene Taylor County TX 29,428 $83,201 $248,500
27455 Greensboro Guilford County NC 29,392 $93,841 $324,200
35749 Harvest Madison County AL 29,297 $106,866 $270,300
35803 Huntsville Madison County AL 29,283 $95,182 $259,100
30088 Redan DeKalb County GA 29,279 $64,734 $208,200
71603 Pine Bluff Jefferson County AR 29,274 $51,019 $116,000
28602 Hickory Catawba County NC 29,273 $56,031 $180,300
76240 Gainesville Cooke County TX 29,271 $67,056 $207,600
30741 Fairview Walker County GA 29,236 $52,117 $156,700
29016 Blythewood Richland County SC 29,193 $100,122 $330,900
30504 Gainesville Hall County GA 29,104 $71,833 $294,800
35611 Athens Limestone County AL 29,077 $54,606 $201,700
28081 Kannapolis Cabarrus County NC 29,071 $69,167 $257,300
27597 Zebulon Wake County NC 29,003 $81,862 $272,000
28086 Kings Mountain Cleveland County NC 28,921 $56,079 $181,600
27517 Chapel Hill Chatham County NC 28,676 $124,821 $571,900
30324 Atlanta Fulton County GA 28,602 $93,815 $505,300
27278 Hillsborough Orange County NC 28,546 $101,821 $380,000
21146 Severna Park Anne Arundel County MD 28,489 $169,835 $643,600
28083 Kannapolis Cabarrus County NC 28,474 $60,563 $194,300
35806 Huntsville Madison County AL 28,443 $79,338 $318,800
29646 Greenwood Greenwood County SC 28,413 $41,669 $130,900
79605 Abilene Taylor County TX 28,257 $59,565 $159,800
29303 Southern Shops Spartanburg County SC 28,009 $45,713 $143,600
73533 Duncan Stephens County OK 27,935 $59,341 $137,300
72015 Benton Saline County AR 27,902 $64,550 $169,200
21213 Baltimore Baltimore city MD 27,881 $50,031 $134,900
28112 Monroe Union County NC 27,651 $74,853 $272,300
30533 Dahlonega Lumpkin County GA 27,524 $70,417 $270,300
30305 Atlanta Fulton County GA 27,420 $107,836 $703,500

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.