TickZone

Tick risk in Broward County, Florida

Broward County covers 31 towns and carries the 13th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Florida's 67 counties, with a Lyme rate of 1 cases per 100,000 people a year (185th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists 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 Broward County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Broward County runs from Lazy Lake (low) at the high end to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 3% to 70%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Broward County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickReported
  • American dog tickEstablished
  • Lone star tickNot established
  • Gulf Coast tickEstablished

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

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

How much does tick control cost in Broward County?

Most Broward 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.

Get a free tick control quote

From a vetted local tick exterminator serving Broward County. No cost, no obligation.

Common questions about ticks in Broward County

Which towns in Broward County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Lazy Lake carries the highest modeled tick risk in Broward County, followed by Southwest Ranches, Weston, Coconut Creek, Parkland. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Broward County ranges from 3% to 70%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Lauderdale-by-the-Sea sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Broward County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Broward County: 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 Broward County?

Broward County reports about 1 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 185th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 13th-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 Broward County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.