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Tick risk in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish covers 14 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 East Baton Rouge Parish
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across East Baton Rouge Parish runs from Westminster (moderate) at the high end to Gardere (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 36% to 72%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WestminsterModerate risk
- Village St. GeorgeModerate risk
- ShenandoahModerate risk
- Old JeffersonModerate risk
- Oak Hills PlaceModerate risk
Tick species in East Baton Rouge Parish
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for East Baton Rouge Parish, 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 East Baton Rouge Parish. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Professional tick control across East Baton Rouge Parish 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 East Baton Rouge Parish's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in East Baton Rouge Parish?
Most East Baton Rouge Parish 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 East Baton Rouge Parish
Which towns in East Baton Rouge Parish have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Westminster carries the highest modeled tick risk in East Baton Rouge Parish, followed by Village St. George, Shenandoah, Old Jefferson, Oak Hills Place. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across East Baton Rouge Parish ranges from 36% to 72%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Gardere sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in East Baton Rouge Parish?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in East Baton Rouge Parish: Lone star tick, Gulf Coast tick. The lone star tick is the tick most responsible for human bites here, and its bite causes alpha-gal syndrome; the blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is a minor factor this far south. "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 East Baton Rouge Parish?
CDC reports too few cases in East Baton Rouge Parish to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties, and typical this far south. That does not mean the risk is zero: the lone star tick, not Lyme, is the bigger local concern.
Does East Baton Rouge Parish have lone star ticks that cause alpha-gal syndrome?
Yes. The lone star tick is established in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the tick most responsible for human bites in the county. Its bite can trigger alpha-gal syndrome, a delayed allergy to red meat and other mammal products, along with ehrlichiosis and STARI. Learn the symptoms and what foods to avoid.
All towns in East Baton Rouge Parish
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.