Plant hardiness zone 6A
ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 6A. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03455 | Marlborough | Cheshire County | NH | 2,148 | $74,219 | $251,600 |
| 49255 | Montgomery | Branch County | MI | 2,148 | $48,125 | $121,300 |
| 60953 | Milford | Iroquois County | IL | 2,141 | $55,662 | $98,500 |
| 44882 | Sycamore | Wyandot County | OH | 2,140 | $76,843 | $161,200 |
| 15942 | Mundys Corner | Cambria County | PA | 2,134 | $86,528 | $185,800 |
| 46524 | Etna Green | Kosciusko County | IN | 2,133 | $75,313 | $168,200 |
| 12523 | — | Columbia County | NY | 2,132 | $54,128 | $331,600 |
| 14806 | Andover | Allegany County | NY | 2,131 | $75,368 | $88,800 |
| 26273 | Huttonsville | Randolph County | WV | 2,130 | $38,382 | $115,800 |
| 15510 | — | Somerset County | PA | 2,128 | — | — |
| 18656 | — | Luzerne County | PA | 2,128 | $74,764 | $207,100 |
| 62692 | Waverly | Morgan County | IL | 2,128 | $66,619 | $115,200 |
| 46058 | Mulberry | Clinton County | IN | 2,127 | $75,938 | $144,300 |
| 16646 | Hastings | Cambria County | PA | 2,124 | $61,929 | $116,400 |
| 49287 | — | Lenawee County | MI | 2,122 | $87,411 | $235,800 |
| 03823 | Dover | Strafford County | NH | 2,121 | $144,635 | $459,300 |
| 44411 | — | Portage County | OH | 2,121 | $75,694 | $168,800 |
| 01515 | East Brookfield | Worcester County | MA | 2,120 | $76,382 | $342,400 |
| 48153 | — | — | — | 2,120 | $71,920 | $296,600 |
| 44807 | Attica | Seneca County | OH | 2,118 | $76,302 | $130,800 |
| 47368 | Parker City | Randolph County | IN | 2,118 | $69,936 | $103,500 |
| 62548 | Mount Pulaski | Logan County | IL | 2,116 | $71,371 | $121,700 |
| 62501 | Argenta | Macon County | IL | 2,113 | $94,479 | $189,500 |
| 80934 | — | — | — | 2,112 | $63,150 | $394,200 |
| 46978 | Royal Center | Cass County | IN | 2,111 | $66,250 | $120,900 |
| 67672 | WaKeeney | Trego County | KS | 2,111 | $83,472 | $113,300 |
| 01014 | — | — | — | 2,109 | $41,250 | $217,400 |
| 13797 | Lisle | Broome County | NY | 2,105 | $71,250 | $114,400 |
| 01034 | — | Hampden County | MA | 2,100 | $103,603 | $331,300 |
| 52656 | West Point | Lee County | IA | 2,099 | $80,083 | $209,000 |
| 06782 | — | Litchfield County | CT | 2,098 | $97,222 | $284,500 |
| 12207 | Albany | Albany County | NY | 2,097 | $32,418 | $242,500 |
| 43527 | Holgate | Henry County | OH | 2,092 | $63,698 | $123,600 |
| 44510 | Youngstown | Mahoning County | OH | 2,091 | $20,706 | — |
| 45871 | New Knoxville | Auglaize County | OH | 2,091 | $82,632 | $202,600 |
| 49241 | Hanover | Jackson County | MI | 2,086 | $81,471 | $223,000 |
| 62044 | Greenfield | Greene County | IL | 2,086 | $73,598 | $106,800 |
| 06763 | — | Litchfield County | CT | 2,078 | $113,750 | $376,800 |
| 48877 | Elm Hall | Gratiot County | MI | 2,078 | $57,222 | $107,400 |
| 53203 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee County | WI | 2,077 | $84,005 | $334,600 |
| 12201 | — | — | — | 2,074 | $48,898 | $335,700 |
| 16936 | Millerton | Tioga County | PA | 2,072 | $56,958 | $166,600 |
| 49683 | Crystal Mountain | Benzie County | MI | 2,070 | $57,875 | $173,500 |
| 15724 | Cherry Tree | Indiana County | PA | 2,069 | $65,625 | $108,700 |
| 49034 | Battle Creek | Kalamazoo County | MI | 2,066 | $73,939 | $205,300 |
| 59874 | Trout Creek | Sanders County | MT | 2,064 | $61,978 | $481,800 |
| 18833 | New Albany | Bradford County | PA | 2,061 | $69,063 | $193,700 |
| 48824 | East Lansing | Ingham County | MI | 2,061 | — | — |
| 46165 | North Salem | Hendricks County | IN | 2,060 | $88,348 | $301,700 |
| 15424 | Confluence | Somerset County | PA | 2,059 | $48,125 | $131,800 |
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.