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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
68182 Omaha Douglas County NE 759
47975 Pine Village Warren County IN 754 $69,167 $137,500
01349 Millers Falls Franklin County MA 753 $69,712 $273,500
49782 St. James Charlevoix County MI 752 $70,000 $322,400
12503 Columbia County NY 750 $104,375 $458,300
62643 Hartsburg Logan County IL 750 $80,265 $98,600
01074 Worcester County MA 749 $76,859
68351 Exeter Fillmore County NE 747 $78,000 $124,000
68424 Plymouth Jefferson County NE 747 $76,667 $144,300
14825 Chemung County NY 746 $60,900 $155,500
12063 Rensselaer County NY 745 $84,817 $272,300
62682 San Jose Mason County IL 745 $70,625 $74,400
66554 Randolph Riley County KS 744 $92,644 $240,500
68341 De Witt Gage County NE 744 $90,347 $153,800
84730 Glenwood Sevier County UT 744 $93,333 $330,500
16440 Venango Crawford County PA 741 $71,250 $159,200
68423 Pleasant Dale Seward County NE 739 $101,023 $300,700
61440 Industry McDonough County IL 734 $64,000 $87,800
68461 Walton Lancaster County NE 732 $486,100
64474 Osborn DeKalb County MO 729 $74,583 $133,700
68532 Lancaster County NE 728 $170,000 $553,700
45388 Yorkshire Darke County OH 727 $88,750 $286,800
14815 Schuyler County NY 725 $61,875 $150,000
87312 Continental Divide McKinley County NM 724 $46,172
14805 Schuyler County NY 723 $54,009 $131,300
03457 Cheshire County NH 720 $90,417 $350,800
03448 Cheshire County NH 719 $70,833 $216,800
16829 Clarence Centre County PA 719 $65,521 $178,100
84013 Cedar Fort Utah County UT 719 $104,405 $448,000
63463 Philadelphia Marion County MO 718 $66,875 $129,700
64688 Wheeling Livingston County MO 718 $66,354 $123,200
46401 717 $18,728 $53,100
15380 Wind Ridge Greene County PA 714 $63,281 $118,800
61882 Weldon De Witt County IL 714 $77,000 $122,000
15470 Deer Lake Fayette County PA 713 $78,125 $260,100
26293 Valley Bend Randolph County WV 713 $93,352 $253,500
61425 Gulfport Henderson County IL 713 $80,875 $88,200
61929 Hammond Piatt County IL 713 $59,792 $110,100
26292 Thomas Tucker County WV 712 $55,333 $152,900
16834 Clearfield County PA 711 $115,241 $229,700
45821 Cecil Paulding County OH 710 $84,091 $122,700
52624 Denmark Lee County IA 709 $122,083 $194,600
18829 LeRaysville Bradford County PA 708 $81,792 $213,400
61930 Hindsboro Douglas County IL 708 $77,250 $85,200
47929 Chalmers White County IN 707 $71,838 $175,700
62570 Tovey Christian County IL 707 $81,250 $78,200
48807 Gratiot County MI 706 $59,468 $103,500
87752 Wagon Mound Mora County NM 706 $42,452
67646 Logan Phillips County KS 704 $65,947 $79,800
16161 Wheatland Mercer County PA 703 $43,625 $64,600

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.