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Tick risk in Midland County, Michigan
Midland County covers 19 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 7 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 20% 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 Midland County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Midland 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 Midland 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 Midland 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 Midland County, MI
Professional tick control across Midland 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 Midland County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Midland County?
Most Midland 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 Midland County
Which towns in Midland County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Greendale carries the highest modeled tick risk in Midland County, followed by Lee, Jerome, Mills, Lincoln. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Midland County ranges from 31% to 89%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Ingersoll sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Midland County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Midland 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 Midland County?
Midland County reports about 7 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 20% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 35th-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 Midland County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.