Tick risk in Berrien County, Michigan
Berrien County covers 17 towns and carries the 18th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Michigan's 82 counties, with a Lyme rate of 30 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the Midwest). 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 Berrien County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Berrien County runs from Michiana (moderate) at the high end to Baroda (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 18% to 92%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- MichianaModerate risk
- Grand BeachModerate risk
- ShorehamModerate risk
- StevensvilleModerate risk
- BridgmanModerate risk
Tick species in Berrien 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 Berrien 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 Berrien 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 Berrien County, MI
Professional tick control across Berrien 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 Berrien County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Berrien County?
Most Berrien 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 Berrien County
Which towns in Berrien County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Michiana carries the highest modeled tick risk in Berrien County, followed by Grand Beach, Shoreham, Stevensville, Bridgman. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Berrien County ranges from 18% to 92%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Baroda sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Berrien County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Berrien 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 Berrien County?
Berrien County reports about 30 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 18th-highest of Michigan's 82 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 Berrien County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.