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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
01841 Lawrence Essex County MA 52,761 $54,525 $393,800
48228 Detroit Wayne County MI 52,719 $31,485 $55,100
48187 — Wayne County MI 52,710 $117,980 $341,400
02780 Taunton Bristol County MA 52,530 $75,054 $377,800
40324 Georgetown Scott County KY 52,173 $83,012 $262,700
48126 Dearborn Wayne County MI 52,075 $42,353 $200,600
40601 Frankfort Franklin County KY 51,627 $67,125 $199,900
63301 St. Charles St. Charles County MO 51,625 $83,551 $249,400
60613 Chicago Cook County IL 51,334 $91,351 $397,800
14094 Lockport Niagara County NY 50,526 $73,354 $186,100
63385 Wentzville St. Charles County MO 50,420 $111,851 $321,300
67401 Salina Saline County KS 50,272 $62,603 $172,700
15301 Washington Washington County PA 50,180 $69,275 $205,800
45424 Huber Heights Montgomery County OH 49,871 $78,566 $169,000
65201 Columbia Boone County MO 49,811 $46,177 $229,300
44130 Middleburg Heights Cuyahoga County OH 49,778 $68,099 $184,900
84005 Eagle Mountain Utah County UT 49,116 $105,576 $469,900
49424 Beechwood Ottawa County MI 48,995 $82,353 $270,000
45238 Cincinnati Hamilton County OH 48,936 $64,672 $168,800
60649 Chicago Cook County IL 48,720 $40,142 $199,500
47201 Columbus Bartholomew County IN 48,602 $82,667 $217,600
48185 Westland Wayne County MI 48,364 $59,085 $183,500
44646 Massillon Stark County OH 48,283 $66,767 $181,600
65202 Columbia Boone County MO 47,543 $69,740 $202,300
48066 Roseville Macomb County MI 47,240 $61,222 $142,700
48235 Detroit Wayne County MI 46,960 $41,011 $79,400
43232 Columbus Franklin County OH 46,844 $50,599 $152,700
43207 Columbus Franklin County OH 46,810 $61,307 $156,200
15642 White Oak Westmoreland County PA 46,727 $92,975 $236,000
49423 Holland Allegan County MI 46,693 $78,524 $254,800
06457 Middletown Middlesex County CT 46,690 $74,003 $279,500
84010 Bountiful Davis County UT 46,666 $102,038 $486,000
02703 Attleboro Bristol County MA 46,479 $93,352 $409,400
43147 Pickerington Fairfield County OH 45,929 $125,472 $315,600
63368 O'Fallon St. Charles County MO 45,862 $118,811 $327,700
44212 Brunswick Medina County OH 45,817 $87,776 $244,900
48219 Detroit Wayne County MI 45,788 $43,882 $84,500
45014 Fairfield Butler County OH 45,652 $69,624 $215,700
43065 Powell Delaware County OH 45,284 $154,797 $451,700
60610 Chicago Cook County IL 45,282 $105,649 $543,000
43235 Columbus Franklin County OH 45,171 $86,758 $346,500
12601 Poughkeepsie Dutchess County NY 44,696 $64,769 $275,800
43016 Dublin Franklin County OH 44,514 $110,518 $413,200
14120 North Tonawanda Niagara County NY 44,379 $76,608 $205,300
97756 Redmond Deschutes County OR 44,287 $84,067 $469,000
48038 — Macomb County MI 44,250 $78,684 $246,400
15237 Franklin Park Allegheny County PA 44,161 $108,538 $306,900
06492 Wallingford Center New Haven County CT 44,099 $101,757 $328,400
43224 Columbus Franklin County OH 44,096 $50,934 $159,800
15317 McMurray Washington County PA 43,813 $107,962 $329,600

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.