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Plant hardiness zone 6A

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 6A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
6A
ZIP codes
4,855
Population
35,646,945
Median household income (avg.)
$75,369
Average home value
$228,792
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What is USDA zone 6A?

Zone 6A 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 4,855 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 35,646,945 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 6A, 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 6A

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
52620 Bonaparte Van Buren County IA 908 $66,938 $166,200
62551 Niantic Macon County IL 908 $65,000 $118,100
67437 Downs Osborne County KS 907 $69,167 $108,700
04681 — Hancock County ME 906 $60,147 $212,500
18435 Masthope Pike County PA 906 $97,924 $317,400
52658 Wever Lee County IA 906 $84,375 $226,500
60959 Piper City Ford County IL 904 $49,722 $91,000
16029 East Butler Butler County PA 902 $58,306 $131,000
84311 Riverside Box Elder County UT 902 $61,750 $369,500
43356 Waldo Marion County OH 900 $99,375 $263,000
62625 Cantrall Sangamon County IL 897 $152,583 $277,700
84635 Hinckley Millard County UT 897 $67,361 $163,500
62311 Augusta Hancock County IL 893 $42,156 $102,300
12719 Barryville Sullivan County NY 892 $75,487 $263,500
60960 Rankin Vermilion County IL 890 $54,355 $65,900
81242 Poncha Springs Chaffee County CO 890 $93,889 $479,000
64423 Barnard Nodaway County MO 888 $65,000 $148,400
83645 Midvale Washington County ID 887 $73,333 $296,500
84639 Levan Juab County UT 886 $78,047 $338,900
47854 Newport Vermillion County IN 884 $84,864 $164,100
15856 — Clearfield County PA 883 $61,667 $162,900
49279 — Lenawee County MI 882 $69,231 $167,500
12136 — Columbia County NY 881 $155,978 $399,500
25981 Quinwood Greenbrier County WV 881 $28,500 $37,300
67731 Bird City Cheyenne County KS 880 $60,556 $110,700
16926 — Bradford County PA 879 $72,328 $186,300
46781 Poneto Wells County IN 879 $89,886 $184,200
49248 Jasper Lenawee County MI 879 $60,313 $143,800
62378 Versailles Brown County IL 879 $70,000 $140,700
46941 Lagro Wabash County IN 878 $77,019 $162,800
61441 Ipava Fulton County IL 878 $54,375 $102,600
12409 Woodstock Ulster County NY 877 $114,758 $662,300
12494 — Ulster County NY 876 $140,750 $361,700
47837 Carbon Parke County IN 876 $82,750 $137,100
64659 Meadville Linn County MO 876 $70,648 $131,300
15547 Jennerstown Somerset County PA 875 $61,538 $203,900
62316 Bowen Hancock County IL 873 $67,946 $76,000
04544 — Lincoln County ME 872 — $466,200
62628 Chapin Morgan County IL 871 $79,821 $108,300
47847 Dana Vermillion County IN 869 $54,840 $57,000
15771 — Indiana County PA 868 $59,196 $151,700
43548 New Bavaria Henry County OH 868 $91,071 $146,800
15924 Cairnbrook Somerset County PA 867 $58,333 $81,200
15762 — Cambria County PA 866 $62,500 $209,200
04643 — Washington County ME 864 $62,344 $147,300
03605 — Sullivan County NH 863 $84,063 $214,700
68407 Murdock Cass County NE 863 $101,087 $309,100
64448 Faucett Buchanan County MO 862 $69,392 $198,700
62567 Stonington Christian County IL 861 $66,528 $115,500
64679 Spickard Grundy County MO 861 $55,500 $108,300

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 6A mean?

Zone 6A 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 6A; 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.