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Tick risk in Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County covers 29 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 1 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 22% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog tick, and Gulf Coast 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 Brevard County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Brevard County runs from Malabar (moderate) at the high end to South Patrick Shores (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 1% to 91%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

MalabarModerate risk
Palm BayModerate risk
June ParkModerate risk
Port St. JohnModerate risk
Patrick AFBModerate risk

Tick species in Brevard County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickEstablished
Lone star tickReported
Gulf Coast tickEstablished

Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Brevard 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 Brevard 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 Brevard County, FL

Professional tick control across Brevard 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 Brevard County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Brevard County?

Most Brevard 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 Brevard County

Which towns in Brevard County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Malabar carries the highest modeled tick risk in Brevard County, followed by Palm Bay, June Park, Port St. John, Patrick AFB. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Brevard County ranges from 1% to 91%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. South Patrick Shores sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Brevard County?

CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Brevard County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Gulf Coast tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease. "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 Brevard County?

Brevard County reports about 1 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 22% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 10th-highest of Florida's 67 counties). Lyme is a smaller factor here than in the Northeast, but TickZone still uses this county rate as part of the disease baseline behind every town's score, alongside local lone-star tick pressure.

All towns in Brevard County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.