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Tick risk in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Hunterdon County covers 26 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 494 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 1% 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 Hunterdon County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Hunterdon County runs from Stockton Borough (high) at the high end to Flemington Borough (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 35% to 85%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Hunterdon County, NJ

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

How much does tick control cost in Hunterdon County?

Most Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County

Which towns in Hunterdon County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Stockton Borough carries the highest modeled tick risk in Hunterdon County, followed by High Bridge Borough, Califon Borough, Glen Gardner Borough, Frenchtown Borough. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Hunterdon County ranges from 35% to 85%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Flemington Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Hunterdon County?

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

Hunterdon County reports about 494 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 1% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 1st-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.