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Tick risk in Hartford County, Connecticut
Hartford County covers 29 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 24 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and American dog tick as established here. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Hartford County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Hartford County runs from Hartland (moderate) at the high end to Hartford (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 37% to 96%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- HartlandModerate risk
- MarlboroughModerate risk
- BurlingtonModerate risk
- CantonModerate risk
- GranbyModerate risk
Tick species in Hartford County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Hartford County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
No CDC tick-testing records for Hartford County. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in Hartford County, CT
Professional tick control across Hartford County usually means a barrier treatment along the lawn edge, leaf litter, stone walls, and shady borders where ticks wait for a host, applied two to four times a season by a licensed pest control company. It is the single most effective way to cut tick numbers in the part of the yard your family actually uses, and it matters most in Hartford County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Hartford County?
Most Hartford County homeowners pay about $100 to $200 per visit for professional tick spraying, or roughly $350 to $600 for a full season of barrier treatments, depending on lot size and how wooded the property is. Quotes are free, so it costs nothing to get a real number for your yard.
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Common questions about ticks in Hartford County
Which towns in Hartford County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Hartland carries the highest modeled tick risk in Hartford County, followed by Marlborough, Burlington, Canton, Granby. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Hartford County ranges from 37% to 96%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hartford sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Hartford County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Hartford County: Deer tick, American dog tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease in the Northeast. "Not established" for a species means there is no CDC surveillance record for the county, not that the tick is absent.
Is Lyme disease common in Hartford County?
Hartford County reports about 24 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 8th-highest of Connecticut's 8 counties). Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.
All towns in Hartford County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.