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Tick risk in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Suffolk County covers 4 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 23 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 15% 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 Suffolk County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk County, MA
Professional tick control across Suffolk 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 Suffolk County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Suffolk County?
Most Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
Which towns in Suffolk County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Boston carries the highest modeled tick risk in Suffolk County, followed by Revere, Chelsea, Winthrop. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Suffolk County ranges from 14% to 32%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Winthrop sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Suffolk County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County?
Suffolk County reports about 23 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 14th-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 Suffolk County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.