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Plant hardiness zone 6B

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

Zone
6B
ZIP codes
4,820
Population
38,252,118
Median household income (avg.)
$75,963
Average home value
$237,519
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What is USDA zone 6B?

Zone 6B 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 4,820 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 38,252,118 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 6B, 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 6B

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
46202 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 20,331 $61,082 $420,200
66210 Overland Park Johnson County KS 20,303 $93,368 $345,200
45406 Dayton Montgomery County OH 20,261 $43,241 $82,300
99016 Spokane Valley Spokane County WA 20,260 $94,253 $450,000
48081 St. Clair Shores Macomb County MI 20,254 $75,735 $202,400
66209 Leawood Johnson County KS 20,201 $148,081 $554,300
01904 Lynn Essex County MA 20,103 $100,597 $515,100
14420 Clarkson Monroe County NY 20,097 $69,716 $178,600
48207 Detroit Wayne County MI 20,068 $44,561 $193,800
43202 Columbus Franklin County OH 20,059 $65,689 $317,000
10509 Peach Lake Putnam County NY 20,055 $120,987 $430,200
06488 Heritage Village New Haven County CT 19,973 $112,434 $381,800
49456 Ferrysburg Ottawa County MI 19,972 $85,807 $294,500
66046 Lawrence Douglas County KS 19,972 $58,798 $217,100
43607 Toledo Lucas County OH 19,969 $37,442 $73,300
01749 Hudson Middlesex County MA 19,959 $107,202 $480,300
06518 Quinnipiac University New Haven County CT 19,958 $105,227 $307,900
64064 Lee's Summit Jackson County MO 19,955 $120,341 $375,800
62801 Centralia Marion County IL 19,941 $53,740 $91,100
44067 Northfield Summit County OH 19,917 $89,082 $234,800
99217 Spokane Spokane County WA 19,893 $71,807 $329,300
44333 Montrose-Ghent Summit County OH 19,884 $119,313 $362,600
44055 Lorain Lorain County OH 19,870 $36,603 $95,700
48213 Detroit Wayne County MI 19,869 $33,755 $52,100
14456 Geneva Ontario County NY 19,864 $74,691 $166,700
64082 Lee's Summit Jackson County MO 19,729 $132,310 $380,800
43725 Cambridge Guernsey County OH 19,728 $51,612 $160,400
48204 Detroit Wayne County MI 19,723 $32,875 $53,600
44104 Cleveland Cuyahoga County OH 19,716 $24,009 $60,600
45245 Withamsville Clermont County OH 19,707 $73,135 $259,500
02081 Walpole Norfolk County MA 19,703 $150,233 $647,200
44641 Louisville Stark County OH 19,693 $78,128 $199,300
63005 Wildwood St. Louis County MO 19,679 $202,232 $671,300
41071 Newport Campbell County KY 19,662 $58,329 $186,000
15202 Bellevue Allegheny County PA 19,642 $65,845 $197,900
26501 Westover Monongalia County WV 19,640 $62,173 $213,000
12589 Wallkill Ulster County NY 19,639 $118,214 $342,400
46240 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 19,632 $70,728 $328,600
16046 Seven Fields Butler County PA 19,577 $143,987 $481,400
12508 Beacon Dutchess County NY 19,519 $88,510 $401,500
44057 Madison Lake County OH 19,491 $70,212 $170,200
62401 Effingham Effingham County IL 19,371 $76,098 $195,800
14526 East Rochester Monroe County NY 19,348 $110,566 $256,600
45219 Cincinnati Hamilton County OH 19,326 $35,936 $222,500
45405 Dayton Montgomery County OH 19,322 $41,901 $74,100
83318 Burley Cassia County ID 19,319 $66,770 $248,700
83858 Rathdrum Kootenai County ID 19,315 $93,006 $452,700
96161 Truckee Nevada County CA 19,231 $128,535 $922,000
41001 Claryville Campbell County KY 19,206 $102,468 $265,100
66203 Shawnee Johnson County KS 19,195 $76,590 $235,900

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 6B mean?

Zone 6B 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 6B; 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.