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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

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
15106 Carnegie Allegheny County PA 19,165 $72,112 $190,700
06401 Ansonia New Haven County CT 19,160 $80,953 $268,400
06001 Hartford County CT 19,157 $151,033 $456,900
02766 Norton Center Bristol County MA 19,155 $127,404 $476,900
43138 Logan Hocking County OH 19,147 $65,028 $169,100
18235 Jim Thorpe Carbon County PA 19,121 $72,626 $218,000
14468 Hilton Monroe County NY 19,119 $97,476 $213,900
15132 McKeesport Allegheny County PA 19,083 $32,170 $71,300
06226 Willimantic Windham County CT 19,068 $44,103 $181,100
01776 Middlesex County MA 19,067 $234,634 $939,400
01748 Hopkinton Middlesex County MA 19,050 $204,418 $726,100
02190 Weymouth Town Norfolk County MA 19,029 $99,024 $554,900
26201 Buckhannon Upshur County WV 19,020 $51,597 $162,600
48214 Detroit Wayne County MI 19,014 $34,807 $120,500
18603 Berwick Columbia County PA 18,985 $55,969 $164,500
15122 West Mifflin Allegheny County PA 18,939 $68,984 $131,400
44709 Canton Stark County OH 18,917 $53,144 $149,400
43611 Toledo Lucas County OH 18,863 $58,135 $117,400
06468 Stepney Fairfield County CT 18,833 $156,731 $477,000
17821 Riverside Montour County PA 18,787 $73,137 $241,600
44622 Dover Tuscarawas County OH 18,774 $70,237 $200,000
06037 Kensington Hartford County CT 18,754 $110,443 $345,600
43812 Coshocton Coshocton County OH 18,716 $51,930 $130,800
01721 Middlesex County MA 18,694 $127,106 $586,000
15644 Jeannette Westmoreland County PA 18,675 $64,555 $160,100
06105 Hartford Hartford County CT 18,660 $41,235 $365,400
45227 Cincinnati Hamilton County OH 18,653 $70,614 $256,400
06032 Newington Hartford County CT 18,642 $131,488 $419,200
45449 West Carrollton Montgomery County OH 18,627 $60,303 $147,700
45205 Cincinnati Hamilton County OH 18,615 $41,357 $112,600
02459 Newton Middlesex County MA 18,604 $214,941 $1,336,200
44278 Tallmadge Summit County OH 18,602 $91,670 $225,300
07461 Sussex Sussex County NJ 18,575 $104,441 $338,500
66204 Overland Park Johnson County KS 18,557 $75,248 $254,400
12561 New Paltz Ulster County NY 18,531 $89,694 $411,600
15220 Pittsburgh Allegheny County PA 18,519 $78,740 $216,400
02035 Foxborough Norfolk County MA 18,516 $108,559 $581,900
44112 East Cleveland Cuyahoga County OH 18,493 $28,957 $77,200
63025 Eureka St. Louis County MO 18,483 $134,266 $363,900
02067 Sharon Norfolk County MA 18,478 $183,724 $697,900
01950 Newburyport Essex County MA 18,444 $144,259 $792,400
40361 Paris Bourbon County KY 18,422 $57,074 $216,700
44830 Fostoria Seneca County OH 18,409 $61,589 $109,900
44017 Berea Cuyahoga County OH 18,378 $72,044 $187,800
44223 Cuyahoga Falls Summit County OH 18,373 $89,046 $202,600
44142 Brook Park Cuyahoga County OH 18,359 $67,178 $158,300
01742 West Concord Middlesex County MA 18,337 $211,435 $1,139,200
02359 North Pembroke Plymouth County MA 18,335 $141,332 $550,300
47501 Washington Daviess County IN 18,335 $60,476 $155,600
17837 Lewisburg Union County PA 18,312 $80,488 $262,700

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.