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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
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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
46791 Uniondale Wells County IN 1,025 $111,563 $245,900
15865 Sykesville Jefferson County PA 1,023 $37,885 $89,400
84760 Paragonah Iron County UT 1,023 $42,149 $267,600
01098 — Hampshire County MA 1,019 $93,000 $355,000
12502 — Columbia County NY 1,019 $83,583 $332,800
16362 Utica Venango County PA 1,018 $63,750 $161,300
16040 — Butler County PA 1,013 $87,891 $168,800
43333 Lewistown Logan County OH 1,013 $93,462 $263,600
62705 — — — 1,013 $30,395 —
43524 Hamler Henry County OH 1,012 $62,188 $167,200
63339 Curryville Pike County MO 1,012 $53,654 $198,200
46156 Milroy Rush County IN 1,011 $76,964 $128,600
46798 — Allen County IN 1,008 $78,451 $182,600
15742 Glen Campbell Indiana County PA 1,007 $51,635 $115,300
16636 Wopsononock Cambria County PA 1,006 $88,561 $163,000
89832 Owyhee Elko County NV 1,006 $54,063 $81,400
43341 New Bloomington Marion County OH 1,005 $82,308 $162,700
62515 Buffalo Sangamon County IL 1,005 $96,250 $153,600
62339 Golden Adams County IL 1,004 $63,077 $129,200
68340 Deshler Thayer County NE 1,003 $64,271 $105,000
44826 Collins Huron County OH 1,002 $56,250 $187,900
46180 Stilesville Morgan County IN 1,002 $79,886 $173,700
84033 Henefer Summit County UT 1,002 $92,212 $445,300
04655 — Washington County ME 1,001 $52,188 $193,300
61564 South Pekin Tazewell County IL 1,000 $69,821 $112,900
63454 — Marion County MO 1,000 $82,473 $186,300
44251 Westfield Center Medina County OH 997 $119,531 $354,000
14869 Odessa Schuyler County NY 996 $81,310 $151,900
46133 Glenwood Rush County IN 996 $57,629 $124,700
64670 Pattonsburg Daviess County MO 995 $53,000 $187,200
46049 Kempton Tipton County IN 994 $78,523 $145,400
81036 Eads Kiowa County CO 994 $57,625 $157,500
62536 Chatham Sangamon County IL 993 $97,625 $245,900
68339 Denton Lancaster County NE 993 $95,417 $409,800
68343 Dorchester Saline County NE 992 $62,500 $159,100
61777 Wapella De Witt County IL 989 $88,568 $139,600
66945 Hanover Washington County KS 987 $65,341 $113,700
12151 Round Lake Saratoga County NY 986 $96,184 $313,100
26269 Hambleton Tucker County WV 983 $62,917 $155,100
03752 — Sullivan County NH 982 $59,583 $226,000
45339 West Milton Miami County OH 982 $92,500 $232,900
99139 Ione Pend Oreille County WA 980 $54,219 $241,200
48754 Owendale Huron County MI 979 $71,518 $108,300
84752 Minersville Beaver County UT 979 $85,313 $233,900
14846 Hunt Livingston County NY 978 $67,361 $126,300
16050 Bruin Butler County PA 978 $58,558 $123,800
47846 — Clay County IN 978 $87,750 $130,100
61602 Peoria Peoria County IL 977 $17,273 $222,700
45867 Mount Blanchard Hancock County OH 975 $88,929 $159,000
61875 Mahomet Champaign County IL 974 $119,632 $270,100

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.