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Tick risk in Pinellas County, Florida

Pinellas County covers 37 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 2 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 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 Pinellas County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Pinellas County runs from Safety Harbor (moderate) at the high end to Redington Shores (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 1% to 72%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Safety HarborModerate risk
Palm HarborModerate risk
BelleairModerate risk
South HighpointModerate risk
GulfportModerate risk

Tick species in Pinellas County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickReported
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 Pinellas 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 Pinellas 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 Pinellas County, FL

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

How much does tick control cost in Pinellas County?

Most Pinellas 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 Pinellas County

Which towns in Pinellas County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Safety Harbor carries the highest modeled tick risk in Pinellas County, followed by Palm Harbor, Belleair, South Highpoint, Gulfport. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Pinellas County ranges from 1% to 72%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Redington Shores sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Pinellas County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Pinellas County: Deer 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 Pinellas County?

Pinellas County reports about 2 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 22% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 12th-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 Pinellas County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.