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Tick risk in Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County covers 70 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 47 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 13% 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 Bergen County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Bergen County runs from Harrington Park Borough (moderate) at the high end to Teterboro Borough (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 7% to 91%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Bergen 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 Bergen County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)Powassan virus

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

Tick control in Bergen County, NJ

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

How much does tick control cost in Bergen County?

Most Bergen 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 Bergen County

Which towns in Bergen County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Harrington Park Borough carries the highest modeled tick risk in Bergen County, followed by Saddle River Borough, Ho-Ho-Kus Borough, Alpine Borough, Upper Saddle River Borough. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Bergen County ranges from 7% to 91%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Teterboro Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Bergen County?

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

Bergen County reports about 47 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 13% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 14th-highest of New Jersey's 21 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 Bergen County

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Tick risk where you live

Tick activity is local and changes daily. Pick your state for tick season dates, the species that live there, and a daily tick-risk score for every town.