Tick risk in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County covers 2 towns and carries the 17th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Maryland's 22 counties, with a Lyme rate of 24 cases per 100,000 people a year (110th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, 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 Anne Arundel County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Anne Arundel County runs from Highland Beach (high) at the high end to Annapolis (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 57% to 86%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Highland BeachHigh risk
- AnnapolisModerate risk
Tick species in Anne Arundel County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Anne Arundel County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Anne Arundel County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Anne Arundel County, MD
Professional tick control across Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Anne Arundel County?
Most Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County
Which towns in Anne Arundel County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Highland Beach carries the highest modeled tick risk in Anne Arundel County, followed by Annapolis. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Anne Arundel County ranges from 57% to 86%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Annapolis sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Anne Arundel County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Anne Arundel County: Deer tick, 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 Anne Arundel County?
Anne Arundel County reports about 24 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 110th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 17th-highest of Maryland's 22 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 Anne Arundel County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.