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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
46150 Manilla Rush County IN 860 $58,456 $201,400
68933 Clay Center Clay County NE 860 $81,806 $154,700
46731 — Wells County IN 858 $108,542 $254,500
51571 Silver City Mills County IA 858 $92,778 $225,000
14728 — Chautauqua County NY 856 $62,143 $165,900
14720 Celoron Chautauqua County NY 853 $43,333 $61,300
47967 New Richmond Montgomery County IN 853 $80,139 $119,600
63469 Plevna Shelby County MO 853 $50,500 $102,300
62533 Farmersville Montgomery County IL 852 $76,000 $116,500
04551 — Lincoln County ME 851 $96,250 $420,100
15927 Colver Cambria County PA 851 $95,375 $89,500
01255 — Berkshire County MA 850 $85,417 $331,300
47427 — Owen County IN 850 $77,857 $118,300
12451 Leeds Greene County NY 849 $54,615 $253,500
84711 Annabella Sevier County UT 849 $76,071 $285,700
03456 — Cheshire County NH 848 $104,605 $283,100
87521 Ojo Sarco Rio Arriba County NM 846 $38,983 $188,500
04066 — Cumberland County ME 845 $113,409 $479,400
52649 Salem Henry County IA 845 $80,500 $216,700
06796 West Cornwall Litchfield County CT 843 $107,125 $480,700
64484 Lewis and Clark Village Buchanan County MO 843 $62,692 $123,600
48856 — Gratiot County MI 842 $82,500 $141,900
18342 Mountainhome Monroe County PA 840 $67,027 $237,200
81092 Wiley Bent County CO 840 $77,708 $247,700
87829 Escudilla Bonita Catron County NM 840 $47,798 $259,500
45317 Rosewood Champaign County OH 838 $101,023 $258,900
84652 Redmond Sevier County UT 838 $76,250 $268,500
43535 Malinta Henry County OH 836 $75,000 $162,500
47855 Hymera Sullivan County IN 835 $46,122 $79,300
87821 Datil Catron County NM 834 $58,598 $233,800
26562 — Wetzel County WV 830 — —
06090 — Hartford County CT 829 $135,909 $429,200
49303 — Muskegon County MI 829 $75,625 $190,200
68941 Glenvil Clay County NE 829 $70,000 $221,200
47950 Idaville White County IN 828 $51,625 $121,400
14841 — Schuyler County NY 827 $65,921 $297,300
16224 — Clarion County PA 827 $77,853 $171,700
66951 Kensington Smith County KS 826 $66,000 $83,300
47955 Linden Montgomery County IN 824 $61,607 $116,600
44844 McCutchenville Seneca County OH 823 $81,406 $129,300
47352 Lewisville Henry County IN 823 $62,039 $159,400
61876 Sidell Vermilion County IL 823 $66,944 $75,000
26276 — Randolph County WV 821 $60,800 $153,600
66041 Lancaster Atchison County KS 820 $60,032 $163,000
04616 — Hancock County ME 817 $66,250 $314,100
45348 New Weston Darke County OH 817 $108,409 $227,300
84082 Wallsburg Wasatch County UT 815 $117,353 $577,900
65247 Excello Macon County MO 812 $71,446 $96,000
87714 Cimarron Colfax County NM 811 $36,964 $143,500
04859 — Knox County ME 810 $77,708 $744,000

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.