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Tick risk in Jefferson County, Kentucky

Jefferson County covers 84 towns and carries the 3rd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Kentucky's 119 counties, with a Lyme rate of 1 cases per 100,000 people a year (180th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists American dog tick and Lone star 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 Jefferson County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Jefferson County runs from Maryhill Estates (high) at the high end to West Buechel (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 13% to 94%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Jefferson County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickReported
  • American dog tickEstablished
  • Lone star tickEstablished
  • Gulf Coast tickReported

Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Jefferson County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme disease

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Jefferson County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Jefferson County, KY

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

How much does tick control cost in Jefferson County?

Most Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

Which towns in Jefferson County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Maryhill Estates carries the highest modeled tick risk in Jefferson County, followed by Thornhill, Bellewood, Mockingbird Valley, Bancroft. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Jefferson County ranges from 13% to 94%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. West Buechel sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Jefferson County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Jefferson County: American dog tick, Lone star 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 Jefferson County?

Jefferson County reports about 1 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 180th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 3rd-highest of Kentucky's 119 counties. Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.

All towns in Jefferson County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.