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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

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
43009 Champaign County OH 2,054 $92,076 $234,100
61427 Cuba Fulton County IL 2,051 $62,625 $106,300
13146 Savannah Wayne County NY 2,050 $61,688 $99,100
48741 Kingston Tuscola County MI 2,049 $61,875 $146,100
44818 Bloomville Seneca County OH 2,048 $64,792 $139,800
14814 Big Flats Chemung County NY 2,047 $105,625 $216,800
01022 Chicopee Hampden County MA 2,045 $56,307 $169,700
49089 Sherwood Branch County MI 2,044 $61,900 $121,400
45359 Pleasant Hill Miami County OH 2,041 $70,707 $186,600
48767 Unionville Tuscola County MI 2,041 $74,469 $126,600
84326 Millville Cache County UT 2,041 $84,000 $478,900
12173 Columbia County NY 2,040 $80,500 $219,700
43128 Jeffersonville Fayette County OH 2,038 $45,515 $139,000
47384 Shirley Henry County IN 2,038 $72,083 $124,400
49629 Elk Rapids Antrim County MI 2,037 $74,318 $347,100
12747 Hurleyville Sullivan County NY 2,036 $61,875 $302,000
49235 Clayton Lenawee County MI 2,036 $63,929 $172,100
14747 Kennedy Chautauqua County NY 2,035 $52,902 $90,400
43554 Pioneer Williams County OH 2,035 $56,708 $147,100
66087 Troy Doniphan County KS 2,035 $55,313 $120,500
03465 Troy Cheshire County NH 2,034 $79,375 $233,600
06068 Lakeville Litchfield County CT 2,034 $96,375 $821,100
46050 Kirklin Clinton County IN 2,034 $75,000 $183,200
01053 Northampton Hampshire County MA 2,033 $88,646 $345,600
16627 Coalport Clearfield County PA 2,026 $51,047 $90,100
62351 Mendon Adams County IL 2,026 $73,772 $150,700
45346 New Madison Darke County OH 2,022 $81,076 $162,300
15558 Salisbury Somerset County PA 2,021 $69,375 $123,800
14138 South Dayton Cattaraugus County NY 2,019 $57,239 $114,200
12491 West Hurley Ulster County NY 2,017 $71,963 $331,900
46951 Macy Miami County IN 2,016 $52,159 $131,800
80137 Aurora Arapahoe County CO 2,015 $140,792 $698,400
03856 Newfields Rockingham County NH 2,010 $191,625 $617,600
14782 Sinclairville Chautauqua County NY 2,010 $62,292 $109,800
49238 Deerfield Lenawee County MI 2,009 $75,142 $192,700
61843 Fisher Champaign County IL 2,003 $93,750 $184,300
66967 Smith Center Smith County KS 2,003 $55,156 $107,200
67861 Leoti Wichita County KS 2,002 $72,372 $96,900
46784 Rome City Noble County IN 1,999 $71,500 $190,000
16143 Frizzleburg Lawrence County PA 1,995 $88,452 $196,700
49016 1,993 $37,900 $47,200
46917 Camden Carroll County IN 1,992 $57,946 $122,200
68145 1,989 $83,698 $214,800
46705 Ashley DeKalb County IN 1,988 $62,232 $144,100
04562 Sagadahoc County ME 1,987 $102,446 $335,400
06757 Litchfield County CT 1,987 $95,435 $359,600
16410 Platea Erie County PA 1,987 $91,250 $171,500
18614 Dushore Sullivan County PA 1,987 $57,900 $186,300
48106 1,986 $58,699 $190,900
48464 Otter Lake Lapeer County MI 1,986 $64,464 $186,600

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.