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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
01880 Wakefield Middlesex County MA 27,258 $130,419 $670,100
06109 Wethersfield Hartford County CT 27,180 $118,523 $300,500
06776 New Milford Litchfield County CT 27,133 $102,240 $380,800
02132 Boston Suffolk County MA 27,069 $139,545 $714,000
16602 Altoona Blair County PA 27,014 $53,097 $120,200
02478 Belmont Middlesex County MA 26,966 $177,790 $1,108,800
45431 Beavercreek Greene County OH 26,961 $80,058 $197,600
48210 Detroit Wayne County MI 26,925 $38,900 $60,100
45230 Cincinnati Hamilton County OH 26,923 $87,100 $237,200
48336 Farmington Hills Oakland County MI 26,920 $85,325 $247,600
48135 Garden City Wayne County MI 26,910 $64,396 $162,400
14616 Rochester Monroe County NY 26,837 $62,564 $136,100
06074 — Hartford County CT 26,820 $143,025 $354,500
66104 Kansas City Wyandotte County KS 26,820 $56,745 $117,900
06118 East Hartford Hartford County CT 26,771 $75,523 $213,200
12533 Hopewell Junction Dutchess County NY 26,770 $134,950 $440,800
48150 Livonia Wayne County MI 26,749 $94,058 $228,600
07801 Dover Morris County NJ 26,725 $78,053 $369,400
84302 Brigham City Box Elder County UT 26,711 $75,247 $343,100
45066 Springboro Warren County OH 26,663 $122,208 $362,500
83814 Coeur d'Alene Kootenai County ID 26,640 $69,914 $518,800
01824 Lowell Middlesex County MA 26,628 $141,337 $590,900
48161 Monroe Monroe County MI 26,556 $65,517 $173,200
07860 Newton Sussex County NJ 26,521 $104,113 $336,600
45429 Kettering Montgomery County OH 26,510 $77,291 $221,200
45750 Marietta Washington County OH 26,485 $56,883 $177,600
43214 Columbus Franklin County OH 26,420 $92,838 $371,200
06705 Waterbury New Haven County CT 26,352 $53,169 $177,700
66215 Lenexa Johnson County KS 26,291 $89,065 $311,600
46221 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 26,255 $58,316 $174,900
49444 Norton Shores Muskegon County MI 26,228 $52,143 $159,200
15217 Pittsburgh Allegheny County PA 26,200 $91,695 $431,600
43085 Worthington Franklin County OH 26,154 $112,474 $373,300
10541 Mahopac Putnam County NY 26,137 $133,929 $472,600
44236 Hudson Summit County OH 26,114 $168,973 $436,900
01803 Burlington Middlesex County MA 26,068 $142,421 $679,400
02324 Bridgewater Town Plymouth County MA 26,022 $112,445 $500,600
66030 Gardner Johnson County KS 25,964 $93,891 $281,700
07869 — Morris County NJ 25,919 $170,862 $636,400
84109 Millcreek Salt Lake County UT 25,879 $136,823 $679,000
15101 Allison Park Allegheny County PA 25,841 $110,496 $315,500
01602 Worcester Worcester County MA 25,791 $94,351 $380,800
14207 Buffalo Erie County NY 25,731 $38,951 $111,200
40031 La Grange Oldham County KY 25,697 $96,682 $316,300
14623 Brighton Monroe County NY 25,689 $61,088 $167,800
64030 Grandview Jackson County MO 25,673 $53,207 $171,700
66441 Junction City Geary County KS 25,654 $58,876 $161,100
41005 Burlington Boone County KY 25,621 $102,462 $243,900
48141 Inkster Wayne County MI 25,602 $39,632 $75,700
64083 Raymore Cass County MO 25,541 $99,575 $316,100

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.