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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
02139 Cambridge Middlesex County MA 39,609 $124,648 $1,066,200
83201 Pocatello Bannock County ID 39,552 $63,209 $256,100
48146 Lincoln Park Wayne County MI 39,511 $57,183 $117,400
48060 Port Huron St. Clair County MI 39,502 $51,342 $152,000
48227 Detroit Wayne County MI 39,474 $36,221 $70,900
14624 Rochester Monroe County NY 38,834 $86,046 $172,200
48224 Detroit Wayne County MI 38,771 $42,963 $77,900
02184 Braintree Town Norfolk County MA 38,762 $125,305 $623,200
44203 Norton Summit County OH 38,705 $59,124 $148,300
46217 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 38,659 $88,326 $226,100
44224 Stow Summit County OH 38,512 $91,096 $243,500
44134 Parma Cuyahoga County OH 38,231 $67,116 $153,500
02138 Cambridge Middlesex County MA 38,077 $122,040 $1,088,700
02136 Boston Suffolk County MA 38,071 $96,862 $566,300
06106 Hartford Hartford County CT 37,809 $47,542 $201,600
46222 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 37,608 $45,198 $104,300
06360 Norwich New London County CT 37,527 $65,848 $233,500
45458 Centerville Montgomery County OH 37,413 $110,682 $337,500
46203 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 37,297 $55,375 $155,500
84403 Ogden Weber County UT 37,244 $84,589 $392,700
45211 Cincinnati Hamilton County OH 37,234 $54,582 $156,600
48239 Detroit Wayne County MI 37,039 $69,373 $145,900
44122 Beachwood Cuyahoga County OH 36,960 $97,469 $304,300
48154 Livonia Wayne County MI 36,915 $103,763 $285,800
86004 Flagstaff Coconino County AZ 36,893 $77,486 $464,100
45103 Batavia Clermont County OH 36,788 $81,837 $242,700
40391 Winchester Clark County KY 36,729 $67,910 $197,200
49441 Norton Shores Muskegon County MI 36,703 $65,235 $194,000
01852 Lowell Middlesex County MA 36,700 $77,058 $397,200
44094 Kirtland Lake County OH 36,689 $76,125 $247,600
45342 Miamisburg Montgomery County OH 36,675 $83,936 $206,800
01760 Cochituate Middlesex County MA 36,520 $134,644 $740,700
02302 Brockton Plymouth County MA 36,472 $87,560 $395,000
02864 Valley Falls Providence County RI 36,383 $118,737 $394,800
44039 North Ridgeville Lorain County OH 36,235 $94,128 $254,800
06040 Manchester Hartford County CT 36,171 $84,741 $238,900
46220 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 36,159 $103,735 $329,700
64055 Independence Jackson County MO 36,092 $64,646 $173,400
15068 Lower Burrell Westmoreland County PA 36,068 $62,997 $166,000
60611 Chicago Cook County IL 36,036 $124,621 $608,200
43213 Columbus Franklin County OH 35,912 $53,908 $197,700
06450 Meriden New Haven County CT 35,896 $68,961 $220,400
84663 Springville Utah County UT 35,889 $88,919 $430,600
99223 Spokane Spokane County WA 35,848 $91,377 $457,200
12590 Myers Corner Dutchess County NY 35,823 $98,252 $365,900
48186 Westland Wayne County MI 35,791 $67,203 $167,600
43035 Columbus Delaware County OH 35,732 $148,446 $423,000
06053 New Britain Hartford County CT 35,697 $61,498 $201,800
01810 Andover Essex County MA 35,608 $167,591 $813,800
66048 Leavenworth Leavenworth County KS 35,551 $71,520 $203,700

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.