Tick risk in Ramsey County, Minnesota
Ramsey County covers 15 towns and carries the 36th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 40 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 Ramsey County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Ramsey County runs from North Oaks (moderate) at the high end to Falcon Heights (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 34% to 68%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- North OaksModerate risk
- North St. PaulModerate risk
- Gem LakeModerate risk
- ShoreviewModerate risk
- Mounds ViewModerate risk
Tick species in Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey County, MN
Professional tick control across Ramsey 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 Ramsey County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Ramsey County?
Most Ramsey 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 Ramsey County
Which towns in Ramsey County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, North Oaks carries the highest modeled tick risk in Ramsey County, followed by North St. Paul, Gem Lake, Shoreview, Mounds View. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Ramsey County ranges from 34% to 68%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Falcon Heights sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Ramsey County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Ramsey 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 Ramsey County?
Ramsey County reports about 40 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 36th-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 Ramsey County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.