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Tick risk in Worcester County, Maryland
Worcester County covers 6 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 48 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 14% 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 Worcester County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Worcester County runs from Ocean Pines (moderate) at the high end to Ocean City (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 2% to 73%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Ocean PinesModerate risk
- Snow HillModerate risk
- Pocomoke CityModerate risk
- West Ocean CityModerate risk
- BerlinModerate risk
Tick species in Worcester 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 Worcester County, 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 Worcester County. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in Worcester County, MD
Professional tick control across Worcester 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 Worcester County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Worcester County?
Most Worcester 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 Worcester County
Which towns in Worcester County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Ocean Pines carries the highest modeled tick risk in Worcester County, followed by Snow Hill, Pocomoke City, West Ocean City, Berlin. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Worcester County ranges from 2% to 73%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Ocean City sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Worcester County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Worcester 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 Worcester County?
Worcester County reports about 48 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 14% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 10th-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.
All towns in Worcester County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.