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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
64155 Kansas City Clay County MO 28,754 $96,909 $284,500
45244 Dry Run Hamilton County OH 28,720 $108,413 $346,100
02186 Milton Norfolk County MA 28,716 $177,222 $896,500
41018 Erlanger Kenton County KY 28,707 $70,267 $173,700
64151 Kansas City Platte County MO 28,706 $91,348 $292,500
44685 Green Summit County OH 28,655 $100,094 $259,900
15010 Big Beaver Beaver County PA 28,621 $70,253 $196,600
44129 Parma Cuyahoga County OH 28,607 $67,619 $150,400
01906 Saugus Essex County MA 28,599 $100,819 $589,500
26101 Parkersburg Wood County WV 28,571 $45,556 $107,300
45459 Centerville Montgomery County OH 28,454 $89,144 $276,100
01843 Lawrence Essex County MA 28,444 $72,163 $393,700
64014 Blue Springs Jackson County MO 28,434 $84,187 $233,200
43209 Columbus Franklin County OH 28,431 $88,155 $373,500
48315 Utica Macomb County MI 28,428 $99,512 $357,700
15146 Monroeville Allegheny County PA 28,422 $78,295 $197,500
18301 East Stroudsburg Monroe County PA 28,413 $90,488 $246,100
48071 Madison Heights Oakland County MI 28,411 $66,726 $190,300
02121 Boston Suffolk County MA 28,298 $38,565 $548,100
02474 Arlington Middlesex County MA 28,283 $139,199 $887,000
48162 Monroe Monroe County MI 28,275 $68,801 $192,200
43612 Toledo Lucas County OH 28,231 $50,484 $89,700
45042 Middletown Butler County OH 28,217 $66,732 $192,400
84092 Sandy Salt Lake County UT 28,162 $153,333 $706,400
45417 Dayton Montgomery County OH 28,161 $35,027 $73,000
16509 Erie Erie County PA 28,133 $68,880 $207,500
48101 Allen Park Wayne County MI 28,128 $80,045 $174,500
44052 Lorain Lorain County OH 28,067 $42,298 $104,000
63028 Festus Jefferson County MO 27,913 $76,468 $221,600
63367 Lake St. Louis St. Charles County MO 27,893 $134,932 $381,000
48092 Warren Macomb County MI 27,867 $71,761 $205,300
15044 Gibsonia Allegheny County PA 27,844 $132,743 $372,700
01923 Danvers Essex County MA 27,778 $117,072 $611,200
66109 Kansas City Wyandotte County KS 27,715 $101,830 $255,500
44313 Akron Summit County OH 27,680 $76,404 $216,200
44128 Warrensville Heights Cuyahoga County OH 27,611 $44,615 $90,200
47421 Bedford Lawrence County IN 27,610 $66,588 $165,200
15212 Pittsburgh Allegheny County PA 27,600 $61,712 $167,200
44135 Cleveland Cuyahoga County OH 27,591 $48,930 $119,100
41011 Covington Kenton County KY 27,558 $67,075 $269,400
48209 Detroit Wayne County MI 27,534 $42,152 $82,800
64093 Warrensburg Johnson County MO 27,509 $62,988 $227,500
14606 Rochester Monroe County NY 27,478 $57,287 $150,500
43223 Columbus Franklin County OH 27,427 $45,902 $113,600
01108 Springfield Hampden County MA 27,409 $51,851 $219,500
63379 Troy Lincoln County MO 27,409 $86,844 $238,500
48085 Troy Oakland County MI 27,371 $144,146 $395,300
15650 Latrobe Westmoreland County PA 27,367 $63,314 $175,500
66801 Emporia Lyon County KS 27,348 $57,771 $144,200
12553 New Windsor Orange County NY 27,300 $94,207 $351,200

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.