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Plant hardiness zone 6B

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 6B. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
6B
ZIP codes
4,820
Population
38,252,118
Median household income (avg.)
$75,963
Average home value
$237,519
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What is USDA zone 6B?

Zone 6B 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 4,820 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 38,252,118 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 6B, 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 6B

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
66062 Olathe Johnson County KS 77,794 $116,248 $342,700
63376 St. Peters St. Charles County MO 74,876 $94,921 $255,500
45011 Hamilton Butler County OH 74,636 $90,360 $272,000
60614 Chicago Cook County IL 70,444 $139,561 $730,700
02301 Brockton Plymouth County MA 68,608 $72,727 $414,200
66061 Olathe Johnson County KS 67,510 $109,110 $337,400
43123 Grove City Franklin County OH 66,366 $87,883 $262,400
02148 Malden Middlesex County MA 65,509 $95,298 $607,500
10950 South Blooming Grove Orange County NY 65,391 $77,123 $458,800
43026 Hilliard Franklin County OH 64,644 $110,369 $324,300
43081 Westerville Franklin County OH 64,314 $90,336 $297,300
48180 Taylor Wayne County MI 62,405 $59,537 $141,200
44035 Elyria Lorain County OH 62,024 $54,362 $147,600
83301 Twin Falls Twin Falls County ID 61,968 $62,388 $290,600
02155 Medford Middlesex County MA 61,276 $118,403 $715,500
06010 Bristol Hartford County CT 61,206 $83,642 $252,300
02169 Quincy Norfolk County MA 60,928 $92,080 $552,200
65203 Columbia Boone County MO 59,663 $80,442 $319,100
43230 Gahanna Franklin County OH 59,522 $92,271 $282,800
43068 Reynoldsburg Franklin County OH 59,399 $70,451 $225,500
43015 Delaware Delaware County OH 59,027 $99,622 $311,900
99208 Spokane Spokane County WA 58,834 $81,084 $414,000
48044 — Macomb County MI 58,631 $115,664 $349,400
43228 Columbus Franklin County OH 58,607 $60,895 $204,000
45040 Mason Warren County OH 58,132 $131,803 $403,700
44077 Painesville Lake County OH 57,947 $80,692 $217,400
46227 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 57,164 $50,993 $192,600
45140 Loveland Clermont County OH 56,854 $110,781 $340,800
65807 Springfield Greene County MO 56,680 $50,271 $174,000
45601 Chillicothe Ross County OH 56,453 $57,430 $160,800
02124 Boston Suffolk County MA 55,897 $79,168 $607,200
41042 Florence Boone County KY 55,880 $75,582 $210,500
43701 Zanesville Muskingum County OH 55,674 $54,900 $164,200
15601 Greensburg Westmoreland County PA 55,670 $75,369 $209,400
45069 Beckett Ridge Butler County OH 55,635 $115,539 $314,300
06810 Danbury Fairfield County CT 55,179 $74,373 $351,400
14221 Harris Hill Erie County NY 55,153 $101,275 $298,500
12550 Orange Lake Orange County NY 54,996 $78,019 $297,400
14580 Webster Monroe County NY 54,466 $95,499 $253,000
60616 Chicago Cook County IL 54,456 $77,841 $387,300
45044 Middletown Butler County OH 54,452 $71,942 $230,400
63366 O'Fallon St. Charles County MO 54,449 $98,237 $283,900
45840 Findlay Hancock County OH 54,342 $64,076 $203,800
43229 Columbus Franklin County OH 54,237 $53,430 $210,600
01960 Peabody Essex County MA 53,961 $95,173 $566,700
45013 Hamilton Butler County OH 53,533 $72,932 $217,200
83854 Post Falls Kootenai County ID 53,152 $72,820 $433,700
97702 Bend Deschutes County OR 53,114 $89,094 $620,600
10940 Middletown Orange County NY 53,099 $87,198 $301,400
01844 Methuen Town Essex County MA 53,015 $103,292 $471,900

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 6B mean?

Zone 6B 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 6B; 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.