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Tick risk in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Grand Traverse County covers 3 towns and carries the 31st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Michigan's 82 counties, with a Lyme rate of 10 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 Grand Traverse County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Grand Traverse County runs from Fife Lake (moderate) at the high end to Kingsley (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 39% to 81%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County, MI

Professional tick control across Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Grand Traverse County?

Most Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County

Which towns in Grand Traverse County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Fife Lake carries the highest modeled tick risk in Grand Traverse County, followed by Traverse City, Kingsley. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Grand Traverse County ranges from 39% to 81%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Kingsley sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Grand Traverse County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County?

Grand Traverse County reports about 10 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 31st-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 Grand Traverse County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.