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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
02904 Providence Providence County RI 32,462 $64,637 $302,200
06489 — Hartford County CT 32,444 $124,543 $360,600
48234 Detroit Wayne County MI 32,406 $36,473 $57,100
01851 Lowell Middlesex County MA 32,308 $87,962 $432,100
01701 Framingham Middlesex County MA 32,270 $127,000 $612,600
97603 Altamont Klamath County OR 32,212 $64,272 $251,100
41051 Independence Kenton County KY 32,192 $100,169 $241,600
87505 Santa Fe Santa Fe County NM 32,189 $75,912 $484,100
48089 Warren Macomb County MI 32,126 $53,076 $117,300
44070 North Olmsted Cuyahoga County OH 32,031 $85,435 $202,400
15001 Aliquippa Beaver County PA 32,013 $71,301 $178,300
07840 Hackettstown Warren County NJ 31,995 $107,956 $373,000
45005 Franklin Warren County OH 31,906 $74,239 $201,200
01845 Andover Essex County MA 31,881 $134,319 $670,000
64015 Blue Springs Jackson County MO 31,814 $81,242 $249,500
48174 Romulus Wayne County MI 31,809 $65,675 $151,500
40065 Shelbyville Shelby County KY 31,763 $76,813 $254,200
06770 Naugatuck New Haven County CT 31,671 $92,047 $241,500
46201 Indianapolis city (balance) Marion County IN 31,650 $43,183 $150,600
02131 Boston Suffolk County MA 31,564 $109,237 $634,200
43402 Bowling Green Wood County OH 31,538 $56,245 $230,500
18201 Hazleton Luzerne County PA 31,428 $43,983 $131,900
43004 Columbus Franklin County OH 31,416 $101,308 $297,500
48236 Grosse Pointe Woods Wayne County MI 31,383 $130,776 $353,000
02062 Norwood Norfolk County MA 31,380 $97,110 $613,500
66049 Lawrence Douglas County KS 31,351 $90,755 $362,600
64152 Parkville Platte County MO 31,300 $110,421 $333,700
15701 Indiana Indiana County PA 31,236 $56,538 $175,100
15236 Baldwin Allegheny County PA 31,152 $87,016 $224,200
02446 Brookline Norfolk County MA 31,109 $127,519 $1,172,800
44004 Ashtabula Ashtabula County OH 31,076 $49,507 $120,300
44133 North Royalton Cuyahoga County OH 31,045 $81,803 $276,200
02893 — Kent County RI 31,025 $73,903 $293,100
18704 Swoyersville Luzerne County PA 30,997 $62,907 $154,600
67801 Dodge City Ford County KS 30,993 $71,489 $129,000
01876 — Middlesex County MA 30,962 $126,795 $546,600
25801 Beckley Raleigh County WV 30,869 $49,370 $151,000
45215 Wyoming Hamilton County OH 30,806 $71,949 $200,100
44312 Green Summit County OH 30,739 $64,542 $142,100
06704 Waterbury New Haven County CT 30,666 $47,848 $178,500
43613 Toledo Lucas County OH 30,597 $63,425 $125,300
15102 Bethel Park Allegheny County PA 30,589 $106,851 $260,700
06111 Newington Hartford County CT 30,551 $98,585 $279,900
06811 Danbury Fairfield County CT 30,526 $107,519 $405,800
01757 Milford Worcester County MA 30,473 $92,951 $444,100
48152 Livonia Wayne County MI 30,394 $89,019 $284,300
06066 Rockville Tolland County CT 30,377 $80,766 $255,000
02453 Waltham Middlesex County MA 30,314 $114,029 $666,300
15401 Uniontown Fayette County PA 30,230 $52,051 $151,600
89511 Reno Washoe County NV 30,214 $117,287 $903,300

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.