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Tick risk in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Berkshire County covers 32 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 373 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 2% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and American dog 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 Berkshire County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Berkshire County runs from Mount Washington (high) at the high end to Pittsfield (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 72% to 98%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Mount WashingtonHigh risk
- PeruHigh risk
- WashingtonHigh risk
- SavoyHigh risk
- FloridaHigh risk
Tick species in Berkshire County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Berkshire 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 Berkshire County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Berkshire County, MA
Professional tick control across Berkshire 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 Berkshire County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Berkshire County?
Most Berkshire 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 Berkshire County
Which towns in Berkshire County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Mount Washington carries the highest modeled tick risk in Berkshire County, followed by Peru, Washington, Savoy, Florida. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Berkshire County ranges from 72% to 98%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Pittsfield sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Berkshire County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Berkshire County: Deer tick, American dog 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 Berkshire County?
Berkshire County reports about 373 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 2% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 3rd-highest of Massachusetts's 14 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 Berkshire County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.