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Tick risk in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Plymouth County covers 27 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 189 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 5% 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 Plymouth County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Plymouth 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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Plymouth County, MA
Professional tick control across Plymouth 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 Plymouth County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Plymouth County?
Most Plymouth 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 Plymouth County
Which towns in Plymouth County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Norwell carries the highest modeled tick risk in Plymouth County, followed by Hanover, Pembroke, Hingham, Lakeville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Plymouth County ranges from 36% to 89%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hull sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Plymouth County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County?
Plymouth County reports about 189 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 6th-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 Plymouth County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.