US5.com

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
All hardiness zones Opportunity zones ZIP lists ZIP rankings

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
15628 Donegal Westmoreland County PA 423 $60,648 $156,600
12574 Rhinecliff Dutchess County NY 422 — $589,300
45886 Scott Paulding County OH 422 $81,607 $91,700
63430 St. Francisville Clark County MO 422 $66,964 $150,800
67753 Rexford Thomas County KS 422 $78,438 $124,000
03443 — Cheshire County NH 421 — $299,300
62365 Richfield Adams County IL 421 $75,938 $122,900
18632 — Sullivan County PA 419 $84,375 $119,500
45826 Chickasaw Mercer County OH 419 $99,583 $275,000
62375 Mound Station Brown County IL 419 $77,250 $136,300
64651 Laclede Linn County MO 419 $57,045 —
46102 Advance Boone County IN 418 $65,000 $164,800
62045 Hamburg Calhoun County IL 418 $72,083 $165,600
16671 Ramey Clearfield County PA 417 $58,750 $98,100
62649 Hettick Macoupin County IL 416 $58,173 $138,600
43033 Kirkersville Licking County OH 413 $68,333 $158,300
47388 Sulphur Springs Henry County IN 413 $51,500 $134,800
61735 De Witt De Witt County IL 412 $88,173 $264,800
61816 Broadlands Champaign County IL 412 $85,000 $137,500
68304 Alvo Cass County NE 412 $79,821 $307,100
61917 Brocton Edgar County IL 411 $60,500 $88,600
66094 White Cloud Brown County KS 411 $51,875 $154,700
84072 Tabiona Duchesne County UT 411 $62,917 $270,300
84330 Plymouth Box Elder County UT 411 $84,107 $357,100
45716 Buchtel Athens County OH 410 $57,917 $121,900
64635 Chula Livingston County MO 410 $76,477 $126,100
03601 — Sullivan County NH 407 $80,577 $253,100
18473 White Mills Wayne County PA 407 $31,806 —
68368 Hallam Lancaster County NE 407 $109,688 $277,900
44687 Walnut Creek Holmes County OH 406 — $322,900
66406 Beattie Marshall County KS 406 $66,125 $136,400
84773 Teasdale Wayne County UT 406 $73,993 $614,700
52651 Stockport Van Buren County IA 405 $39,479 $76,700
61532 Forest City Mason County IL 404 $52,857 $110,300
67572 Ransom Ness County KS 403 $56,250 $64,500
68337 Dawson Richardson County NE 401 $58,750 $77,500
48437 — Genesee County MI 399 $38,553 $114,200
81057 McClave Bent County CO 399 $53,295 $212,500
48721 — Alcona County MI 398 $59,063 $186,300
16311 — Mercer County PA 397 $73,750 $115,400
63446 Knox City Knox County MO 396 $59,306 $275,000
62380 West Point Hancock County IL 395 $64,688 $88,500
60932 East Lynn Vermilion County IL 394 $238,281 $588,500
16860 Casanova Clearfield County PA 393 $73,225 —
87051 San Rafael Cibola County NM 393 — —
43782 Shawnee Perry County OH 392 $52,750 $77,600
04650 — Hancock County ME 391 $106,964 $334,300
48816 — Livingston County MI 391 $48,988 $137,500
66425 Fairview Brown County KS 391 $58,458 $104,400
68307 Avoca Cass County NE 391 $70,714 $170,600

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.