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Tick risk in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Jefferson Parish covers 21 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 Jefferson Parish
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Jefferson Parish runs from Lafitte (moderate) at the high end to Kenner (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 2% to 53%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- LafitteModerate risk
- Grand IsleModerate risk
- Jean LafitteLow risk
- BaratariaLow risk
- WaggamanLow risk
Tick species in Jefferson Parish
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish, LA
Professional tick control across Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Jefferson Parish?
Most Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish
Which towns in Jefferson Parish have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Lafitte carries the highest modeled tick risk in Jefferson Parish, followed by Grand Isle, Jean Lafitte, Barataria, Waggaman. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Jefferson Parish ranges from 2% to 53%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Kenner sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Jefferson Parish?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Jefferson Parish: 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 Jefferson Parish?
CDC reports too few cases in Jefferson 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.
All towns in Jefferson Parish
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.