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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
99150 Malo Ferry County WA 296 $73,250 $380,300
61851 Ivesdale Champaign County IL 295 $58,981 $136,600
16677 Sandy Ridge Centre County PA 294 — $116,000
43805 — Coshocton County OH 294 — $139,300
16911 Arnot Tioga County PA 293 $103,438 $145,200
14722 Chautauqua Chautauqua County NY 292 — $732,100
04558 — Lincoln County ME 291 $81,103 $428,200
61812 — Vermilion County IL 291 $101,250 $143,800
46931 Fulton Fulton County IN 290 $45,000 $93,800
61459 Marietta Fulton County IL 290 $51,250 $80,400
64493 Turney Clinton County MO 290 $86,250 $212,500
62537 Harristown Macon County IL 288 $61,000 $88,500
64017 Camden Ray County MO 288 $66,250 $154,200
83526 Ferdinand Idaho County ID 288 $67,917 $247,900
15828 — Forest County PA 287 $35,938 $108,100
45372 Tremont City Clark County OH 286 $55,250 $124,300
16260 Vowinckel Clarion County PA 284 $50,104 $193,800
45349 North Hampton Clark County OH 284 $89,375 $145,800
61431 Ellisville Fulton County IL 283 $51,058 —
01079 Palmer Town Hampden County MA 282 — $283,300
15832 Driftwood Cameron County PA 282 $40,139 $119,300
64682 Tina Carroll County MO 282 $58,929 $115,500
68323 Burchard Pawnee County NE 282 $97,917 $137,500
67664 Prairie View Phillips County KS 281 $121,875 $150,500
80861 Vona Kit Carson County CO 281 $80,208 $246,400
43010 Catawba Clark County OH 280 $55,000 $139,300
68974 Ruskin Nuckolls County NE 280 $79,471 $85,000
04674 — Hancock County ME 279 $77,917 $306,300
12507 Barrytown Dutchess County NY 279 $113,793 —
46063 Orestes Madison County IN 279 $56,250 $86,300
43077 Unionville Center Union County OH 278 $97,500 $178,100
87578 Truchas Rio Arriba County NM 278 $39,632 —
47983 Stockwell Tippecanoe County IN 276 $61,727 $99,800
26285 Norton Randolph County WV 275 $29,861 $95,500
61940 Metcalf Edgar County IL 275 $55,385 $50,700
83848 — Bonner County ID 275 $146,058 $811,500
16861 — Clearfield County PA 274 $21,985 $242,500
49627 Eastport Antrim County MI 274 $62,917 $550,000
64166 Kansas City Clay County MO 273 $148,636 $425,600
68977 Stamford Harlan County NE 273 $55,000 $71,700
66958 Morrowville Washington County KS 272 $75,938 $43,300
12517 Copake Falls Columbia County NY 270 $143,250 $425,000
18463 — Wayne County PA 270 $110,192 $303,600
63443 Hunnewell Monroe County MO 270 $38,750 $57,900
63557 — Linn County MO 270 $65,000 $258,800
67653 Norcatur Decatur County KS 270 $70,625 $85,000
60141 — Cook County IL 269 $16,611 —
47361 Mount Summit Henry County IN 268 $65,221 $131,300
97621 Beatty Klamath County OR 268 — —
15921 Beaverdale Cambria County PA 267 $50,917 $55,300

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.