Tick risk in St. Lucie County, Florida
St. Lucie County covers 3 towns and carries the 9th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Florida's 67 counties, with a Lyme rate of 3 cases per 100,000 people a year (156th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists 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 St. Lucie County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across St. Lucie County runs from St. Lucie Village (low) at the high end to Fort Pierce (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 30% to 61%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- St. Lucie VillageLow risk
- Port St. LucieLow risk
- Fort PierceLow risk
Tick species in St. Lucie County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickReported
- 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 St. Lucie 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 St. Lucie 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 St. Lucie County, FL
Professional tick control across St. Lucie 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 St. Lucie County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in St. Lucie County?
Most St. Lucie 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 St. Lucie County
Which towns in St. Lucie County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, St. Lucie Village carries the highest modeled tick risk in St. Lucie County, followed by Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across St. Lucie County ranges from 30% to 61%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Fort Pierce sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in St. Lucie County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in St. Lucie County: 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 St. Lucie County?
St. Lucie County reports about 3 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 156th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 9th-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 St. Lucie County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.