Tick risk in Rock Island County, Illinois
Rock Island County covers 15 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Rock Island County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Rock Island County runs from Rapids City (moderate) at the high end to East Moline (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 21% to 66%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Rapids CityModerate risk
- HamptonModerate risk
- Port ByronModerate risk
- Coal ValleyModerate risk
- MolineModerate risk
Tick species in Rock Island County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Rock Island 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 Rock Island 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 Rock Island County, IL
Professional tick control across Rock Island 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 Rock Island County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Rock Island County?
Most Rock Island 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 Rock Island County
Which towns in Rock Island County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Rapids City carries the highest modeled tick risk in Rock Island County, followed by Hampton, Port Byron, Coal Valley, Moline. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Rock Island County ranges from 21% to 66%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. East Moline sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Rock Island County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Rock Island County: Deer tick, American dog tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease in the Northeast. "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 Rock Island County?
CDC reports too few cases in Rock Island County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties. That does not mean the risk is zero: Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the Northeast.
All towns in Rock Island County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.