Tick risk in Lee County, Florida
Lee County covers 6 towns and carries the 11th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Florida's 67 counties, with a Lyme rate of 2 cases per 100,000 people a year (169th of 1378 counties in the South). 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 Lee County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Lee County runs from Estero (moderate) at the high end to Fort Myers Beach (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 9% to 43%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- EsteroModerate risk
- SanibelModerate risk
- Cape CoralModerate risk
- Fort MyersModerate risk
- Bonita SpringsModerate risk
Tick species in Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee County, FL
Professional tick control across Lee 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 Lee County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Lee County?
Most Lee 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 Lee County
Which towns in Lee County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Estero carries the highest modeled tick risk in Lee County, followed by Sanibel, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Lee County ranges from 9% to 43%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Fort Myers Beach sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Lee County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Lee 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 Lee County?
Lee County reports about 2 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 169th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 11th-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 Lee County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.