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Tick risk in Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County covers 59 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 21 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 17% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Montgomery County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Montgomery County runs from Martin's Additions (high) at the high end to Friendship Heights Village (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 18% to 99%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Montgomery County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickEstablished
Lone star tickEstablished
Gulf Coast tickNot established

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

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)

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

Tick control in Montgomery County, MD

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

How much does tick control cost in Montgomery County?

Most Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Which towns in Montgomery County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Martin's Additions carries the highest modeled tick risk in Montgomery County, followed by Chevy Chase Village, Chevy Chase View, Chevy Chase, North Chevy Chase. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Montgomery County ranges from 18% to 99%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Friendship Heights Village sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Montgomery County?

CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County?

Montgomery County reports about 21 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 17% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 21st-highest of Maryland's 24 counties). Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.