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Tick risk in Genesee County, Michigan
Genesee County covers 31 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 2 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 21% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Genesee County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Genesee County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Genesee 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 Genesee 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 Genesee County, MI
Professional tick control across Genesee 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 Genesee County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Genesee County?
Most Genesee 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 Genesee County
Which towns in Genesee County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Flushing carries the highest modeled tick risk in Genesee County, followed by Montrose, Genesee, Clio, Fenton. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Genesee County ranges from 26% to 57%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Clayton sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Genesee County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Genesee County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the midwest. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Genesee County?
Genesee County reports about 2 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 21% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 42nd-highest of Michigan's 83 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 Genesee County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.