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Tick risk in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Rockingham County covers 37 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 73 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 10% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Rockingham County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Rockingham County runs from Nottingham (moderate) at the high end to Seabrook (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 46% to 93%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

NottinghamModerate risk
SandownModerate risk
DanvilleModerate risk
NewtonModerate risk
HampsteadModerate risk

Tick species in Rockingham County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickEstablished
Lone star tickReported
Gulf Coast tickNot established

Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Rockingham County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseAnaplasmosisBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)Powassan virus

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Rockingham County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Rockingham County, NH

Professional tick control across Rockingham 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 Rockingham County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Rockingham County?

Most Rockingham 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 Rockingham County

Which towns in Rockingham County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Nottingham carries the highest modeled tick risk in Rockingham County, followed by Sandown, Danville, Newton, Hampstead. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Rockingham County ranges from 46% to 93%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Seabrook sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Rockingham County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County?

Rockingham County reports about 73 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 10% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 9th-highest of New Hampshire's 10 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 Rockingham County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.