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Tick risk in Goodhue County, Minnesota
Goodhue County covers 30 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 99 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 9% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Goodhue County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Goodhue County runs from Wacouta (moderate) at the high end to Kenyon (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 3% to 69%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WacoutaModerate risk
- Red WingModerate risk
- FlorenceModerate risk
- Hay CreekModerate risk
- Cannon FallsModerate risk
Tick species in Goodhue County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- 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 Goodhue County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Goodhue County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Goodhue County, MN
Professional tick control across Goodhue 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 Goodhue County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Goodhue County?
Most Goodhue 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 Goodhue County
Which towns in Goodhue County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Wacouta carries the highest modeled tick risk in Goodhue County, followed by Red Wing, Florence, Hay Creek, Cannon Falls. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Goodhue County ranges from 3% to 69%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Kenyon sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Goodhue County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Goodhue County: Deer 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 Goodhue County?
Goodhue County reports about 99 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 9% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 16th-highest of Minnesota's 87 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 Goodhue County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.