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Tick risk in Sarasota County, Florida

Sarasota County covers 29 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 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 Sarasota County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Sarasota County runs from Old Miakka (moderate) at the high end to Venice Gardens (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 13% to 66%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Old MiakkaModerate risk
Desoto LakesModerate risk
Ridge Wood HeightsModerate risk
South Gate RidgeModerate risk
South VeniceModerate risk

Tick species in Sarasota 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 Sarasota 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 Sarasota 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 Sarasota County, FL

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

How much does tick control cost in Sarasota County?

Most Sarasota 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 Sarasota County

Which towns in Sarasota County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Old Miakka carries the highest modeled tick risk in Sarasota County, followed by Desoto Lakes, Ridge Wood Heights, South Gate Ridge, South Venice. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Sarasota County ranges from 13% to 66%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Venice Gardens sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Sarasota County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Sarasota 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 Sarasota County?

Sarasota 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 8th-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 Sarasota County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.