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Tick risk in Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County covers 53 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 3 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 Palm Beach County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Palm Beach County runs from Golf (moderate) at the high end to Briny Breezes (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 0% to 74%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

GolfModerate risk
WestlakeModerate risk
WellingtonModerate risk
South BayModerate risk
Jupiter FarmsModerate risk

Tick species in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County, FL

Professional tick control across Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Palm Beach County?

Most Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County

Which towns in Palm Beach County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Golf carries the highest modeled tick risk in Palm Beach County, followed by Westlake, Wellington, South Bay, Jupiter Farms. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Palm Beach County ranges from 0% to 74%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Briny Breezes sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Palm Beach County?

CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County?

Palm Beach County reports about 3 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 22% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 7th-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.