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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
17878 Stillwater Columbia County PA 1,573 $76,875 $195,800
17017 Dalmatia Northumberland County PA 1,572 $70,625 $200,000
47234 — Shelby County IN 1,571 $99,479 $179,300
67561 Nickerson Reno County KS 1,569 $52,188 $77,800
84523 Ferron Emery County UT 1,569 $69,034 $231,400
64740 Deepwater Henry County MO 1,568 $53,802 $123,200
45768 Newport Washington County OH 1,566 $80,956 $198,300
67867 Montezuma Gray County KS 1,566 $68,194 $171,900
44441 Negley Columbiana County OH 1,564 $144,565 $212,800
43106 Bloomingburg Fayette County OH 1,562 $62,853 $96,900
45634 Hamden Vinton County OH 1,562 $52,879 $99,100
16563 Penn State Erie (Behrend) Erie County PA 1,561 — —
43755 Lore City Guernsey County OH 1,561 $61,492 $184,400
62854 Kinmundy Marion County IL 1,561 $60,114 $88,900
67154 Whitewater Butler County KS 1,561 $63,472 $136,000
45433 Wright-Patterson AFB Greene County OH 1,560 $79,205 —
81410 Orchard City Delta County CO 1,557 $71,840 $325,700
26031 Benwood Marshall County WV 1,556 $50,474 $93,500
62838 Farina Fayette County IL 1,555 $69,063 $128,000
64761 Leeton Johnson County MO 1,555 $67,500 $123,900
83823 Deary Latah County ID 1,549 $76,023 $414,000
45775 Rutland Meigs County OH 1,548 $56,159 $113,800
65035 Freeburg Osage County MO 1,547 $82,500 $213,400
65023 Centertown Cole County MO 1,546 $64,200 $210,600
64136 Kansas City Jackson County MO 1,544 $55,789 $178,900
99101 Addy Stevens County WA 1,544 $72,500 $347,900
15360 Deemston Washington County PA 1,541 $79,931 $228,500
65053 Lohman Cole County MO 1,541 $107,727 $328,600
15345 Marianna Washington County PA 1,540 $54,792 $141,200
17052 Mapleton Huntingdon County PA 1,540 $71,129 $133,000
15765 Heilwood Indiana County PA 1,538 $71,250 $186,200
43443 Luckey Wood County OH 1,538 $95,179 $187,300
18503 Scranton Lackawanna County PA 1,537 $40,214 $259,400
45766 New Marshfield Athens County OH 1,535 $59,537 $134,500
67480 Solomon Ottawa County KS 1,535 $81,875 $163,900
47011 — Switzerland County IN 1,533 $74,766 $212,800
47166 — Harrison County IN 1,531 $72,386 $169,200
97868 McKay Umatilla County OR 1,531 $95,893 $190,300
17983 Valley View Schuylkill County PA 1,529 $69,722 $147,000
62061 Marine Madison County IL 1,528 $77,120 $185,900
26678 — Nicholas County WV 1,524 $78,253 $113,900
47451 Oolitic Lawrence County IN 1,523 $63,125 $131,300
21521 Moscow Garrett County MD 1,521 $69,758 $130,900
87592 — — — 1,521 $104,792 $405,600
26571 Farmington Marion County WV 1,520 $71,944 $133,200
67869 Plains Meade County KS 1,518 $74,896 $139,400
99185 Wilbur Lincoln County WA 1,518 $70,556 $248,900
26623 — Braxton County WV 1,515 $57,431 —
64746 Freeman Cass County MO 1,515 $77,270 $197,600
62366 Pleasant Hill Pike County IL 1,514 $59,464 $83,700

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.