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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
60654 Chicago Cook County IL 24,303 $144,831 $495,900
67601 Hays Ellis County KS 24,279 $58,480 $221,400
48223 Detroit Wayne County MI 24,262 $42,324 $87,700
10512 Carmel Putnam County NY 24,238 $124,519 $401,800
16506 Erie Erie County PA 24,190 $84,021 $224,200
15205 Pittsburgh Allegheny County PA 24,123 $70,954 $171,500
48045 St. Clair Shores Macomb County MI 24,118 $77,808 $243,000
02215 Boston Suffolk County MA 24,054 $65,827 $683,800
06108 East Hartford Hartford County CT 24,027 $55,766 $218,800
45420 Kettering Montgomery County OH 23,956 $56,670 $116,200
14211 Buffalo Erie County NY 23,951 $34,490 $91,600
02048 Mansfield Center Bristol County MA 23,855 $131,409 $571,000
84103 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County UT 23,796 $81,386 $710,700
14220 Buffalo Erie County NY 23,786 $68,337 $180,200
66106 Kansas City Wyandotte County KS 23,762 $56,294 $154,500
40342 Lawrenceburg Anderson County KY 23,739 $71,819 $212,600
81401 Montrose Montrose County CO 23,719 $63,541 $343,000
47025 Bright Dearborn County IN 23,713 $89,986 $231,000
16803 Park Forest Village Centre County PA 23,660 $71,993 $395,800
48083 Troy Oakland County MI 23,619 $88,551 $293,300
67502 Hutchinson Reno County KS 23,617 $73,192 $178,400
47404 Bloomington Monroe County IN 23,614 $54,674 $243,500
45133 Hillsboro Highland County OH 23,604 $58,813 $162,900
99224 Spokane Spokane County WA 23,599 $76,785 $439,700
45247 Taylor Creek Hamilton County OH 23,588 $95,810 $268,300
83835 Hayden Kootenai County ID 23,581 $86,014 $502,400
49085 St. Joseph Berrien County MI 23,575 $101,763 $287,300
45241 Sharonville Hamilton County OH 23,545 $94,943 $292,000
64086 Lee's Summit Jackson County MO 23,483 $107,098 $288,400
48088 Warren Macomb County MI 23,443 $79,137 $205,400
44137 Maple Heights Cuyahoga County OH 23,385 $52,990 $89,800
01720 — Middlesex County MA 23,322 $154,101 $766,500
06042 Manchester Hartford County CT 23,302 $89,132 $219,200
45248 Mack Hamilton County OH 23,287 $81,731 $206,200
14216 Buffalo Erie County NY 23,221 $70,260 $260,700
01887 Wilmington Middlesex County MA 23,195 $161,473 $646,200
01609 Worcester Worcester County MA 23,184 $61,411 $422,100
48075 Southfield Oakland County MI 23,158 $67,630 $218,900
44138 Olmsted Falls Cuyahoga County OH 23,129 $93,877 $239,200
43212 Columbus Franklin County OH 23,092 $74,952 $514,800
14213 Buffalo Erie County NY 23,072 $52,597 $192,300
62864 Mount Vernon Jefferson County IL 23,061 $58,082 $117,600
40014 Crestwood Oldham County KY 23,039 $118,750 $381,500
47250 Madison Jefferson County IN 23,013 $56,667 $179,900
43211 Columbus Franklin County OH 23,003 $38,715 $91,600
02180 Stoneham Middlesex County MA 22,986 $112,635 $629,000
64134 Kansas City Jackson County MO 22,984 $56,475 $122,900
64052 Independence Jackson County MO 22,945 $56,981 $131,100
15136 McKees Rocks Allegheny County PA 22,899 $62,552 $190,100
66604 Topeka Shawnee County KS 22,876 $59,690 $126,600

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.