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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
84604 Provo Utah County UT 43,749 $74,522 $520,500
02135 Boston Suffolk County MA 43,683 $88,208 $684,000
43551 Perrysburg Wood County OH 43,568 $91,460 $284,800
43204 Columbus Franklin County OH 43,444 $59,158 $170,900
63304 Weldon Spring St. Charles County MO 43,389 $114,124 $331,300
45036 Lebanon Warren County OH 43,262 $97,944 $317,600
48310 Sterling Heights Macomb County MI 43,218 $77,851 $263,100
65803 Springfield Greene County MO 43,159 $46,539 $158,200
02895 Woonsocket Providence County RI 43,081 $58,579 $267,900
14450 Fairport Monroe County NY 43,063 $109,543 $281,000
14215 Buffalo Erie County NY 42,813 $43,326 $102,800
15108 Carnot-Moon Allegheny County PA 42,782 $94,703 $255,200
60615 Chicago Cook County IL 42,752 $62,105 $305,200
48212 Detroit Wayne County MI 42,587 $37,293 $98,200
97701 Bend Deschutes County OR 42,543 $77,969 $567,800
64118 Kansas City Clay County MO 42,213 $70,290 $206,200
16801 State College Centre County PA 42,153 $62,821 $400,400
26554 Fairmont Marion County WV 42,116 $69,271 $181,800
48183 Trenton Wayne County MI 41,863 $82,020 $214,000
48221 Detroit Wayne County MI 41,750 $55,583 $138,700
01915 Beverly Essex County MA 41,656 $102,347 $619,600
14150 Tonawanda Town Erie County NY 41,585 $70,294 $181,900
12603 Red Oaks Mill Dutchess County NY 41,513 $104,185 $342,000
43017 Dublin Franklin County OH 41,422 $133,116 $475,200
06484 Shelton Fairfield County CT 41,402 $114,739 $435,700
01752 Marlborough Middlesex County MA 41,398 $95,047 $485,400
45324 Fairborn Greene County OH 41,273 $59,861 $177,700
01801 Woburn Middlesex County MA 41,205 $107,754 $641,800
02130 Boston Suffolk County MA 41,109 $130,533 $763,700
14224 West Seneca Erie County NY 41,101 $76,250 $219,800
06082 Hazardville Hartford County CT 41,100 $91,141 $239,800
43110 Columbus Fairfield County OH 40,896 $76,334 $284,300
45231 New Burlington Hamilton County OH 40,852 $69,140 $164,900
43615 Toledo Lucas County OH 40,813 $58,466 $137,300
41017 Edgewood Kenton County KY 40,661 $100,645 $278,100
26003 Wheeling Ohio County WV 40,445 $58,625 $164,500
65109 Jefferson City Cole County MO 40,390 $72,430 $204,700
44118 Cleveland Heights Cuyahoga County OH 40,389 $76,328 $205,600
65804 Springfield Greene County MO 40,271 $58,288 $227,000
46254 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 40,263 $57,825 $175,700
14609 Rochester Monroe County NY 40,171 $61,933 $144,500
47401 Smithville-Sanders Monroe County IN 40,084 $65,643 $333,100
45385 Xenia Greene County OH 40,057 $75,327 $197,300
83815 Coeur d'Alene Kootenai County ID 39,993 $77,139 $472,300
48127 Dearborn Heights Wayne County MI 39,943 $63,084 $217,000
46224 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 39,858 $53,731 $166,500
48047 New Baltimore Macomb County MI 39,825 $95,381 $297,600
44870 Sandusky Erie County OH 39,817 $58,797 $148,600
01702 Framingham Middlesex County MA 39,761 $78,784 $563,600
44720 Green Stark County OH 39,656 $81,045 $233,800

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.