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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
46131 Franklin Johnson County IN 35,502 $81,914 $227,800
64133 Kansas City Jackson County MO 35,470 $66,816 $165,700
46142 Greenwood Johnson County IN 35,368 $85,611 $266,000
65301 Sedalia Pettis County MO 35,347 $58,906 $159,700
14612 Rochester Monroe County NY 35,339 $81,598 $187,500
02472 Watertown Town Middlesex County MA 35,317 $123,383 $737,600
65714 Nixa Christian County MO 35,243 $82,548 $261,300
43221 Upper Arlington Franklin County OH 35,037 $115,393 $419,200
48312 Sterling Heights Macomb County MI 35,026 $71,266 $253,700
02368 Randolph Town Norfolk County MA 34,736 $103,321 $464,000
60653 Chicago Cook County IL 34,608 $39,565 $347,800
97703 Bend Deschutes County OR 34,476 $118,160 $915,900
47403 Bloomington Monroe County IN 34,410 $68,703 $222,000
67846 Garden City Finney County KS 34,276 $72,507 $188,200
44120 Shaker Heights Cuyahoga County OH 34,274 $46,326 $115,700
60605 Chicago Cook County IL 34,256 $118,403 $495,900
48124 Dearborn Wayne County MI 34,156 $78,353 $192,100
65721 Ozark Christian County MO 34,112 $76,552 $253,700
44281 Wadsworth Medina County OH 34,073 $88,128 $262,200
48021 Eastpointe Macomb County MI 34,003 $58,196 $129,100
43201 Columbus Franklin County OH 33,873 $43,451 $438,300
48313 Sterling Heights Macomb County MI 33,850 $87,292 $248,800
15235 Churchill Allegheny County PA 33,811 $62,292 $132,800
14225 Cheektowaga Erie County NY 33,801 $65,562 $154,500
43082 Westerville Delaware County OH 33,799 $147,188 $433,400
99163 Pullman Whitman County WA 33,692 $46,401 $412,700
48035 St. Clair Shores Macomb County MI 33,619 $69,245 $181,300
16066 — Butler County PA 33,543 $125,390 $395,900
45701 Athens Athens County OH 33,501 $49,604 $217,700
48073 Royal Oak Oakland County MI 33,427 $86,426 $302,800
16601 Altoona Blair County PA 33,426 $55,504 $138,900
14534 Pittsford Monroe County NY 33,361 $144,832 $343,800
44105 Cleveland Cuyahoga County OH 33,358 $38,294 $56,400
14621 Rochester Monroe County NY 33,349 $36,534 $83,300
45150 Milford Clermont County OH 33,342 $91,780 $267,900
48042 — Macomb County MI 33,303 $125,433 $374,100
84414 North Ogden Weber County UT 33,288 $108,345 $454,100
49417 Grand Haven Ottawa County MI 33,277 $84,476 $287,800
02816 — Kent County RI 33,246 $97,941 $317,400
02038 Franklin Town Norfolk County MA 33,067 $142,788 $567,100
43560 Sylvania Lucas County OH 32,950 $104,865 $262,200
46241 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 32,943 $51,598 $111,500
66212 Overland Park Johnson County KS 32,804 $83,294 $283,900
47274 Seymour Jackson County IN 32,786 $72,186 $187,800
44121 South Euclid Cuyahoga County OH 32,668 $75,621 $129,300
64119 Kansas City Clay County MO 32,615 $79,871 $216,300
66614 Topeka Shawnee County KS 32,586 $70,419 $181,500
43219 Columbus Franklin County OH 32,537 $51,860 $173,600
65401 Rolla Phelps County MO 32,476 $52,768 $206,500
48205 Detroit Wayne County MI 32,466 $40,612 $55,700

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.