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Tick risk in Salem County, New Jersey
Salem County covers 15 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 70 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 12% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog tick, and Lone star 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 Salem County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Salem County runs from Pittsgrove Township (moderate) at the high end to Elsinboro Township (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 19% to 64%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Pittsgrove TownshipModerate risk
- Penns Grove BoroughModerate risk
- Quinton TownshipModerate risk
- Woodstown BoroughModerate risk
- Carneys Point TownshipModerate risk
Tick species in Salem County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Salem 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 Salem County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Salem County, NJ
Professional tick control across Salem 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 Salem County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Salem County?
Most Salem 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 Salem County
Which towns in Salem County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Pittsgrove Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Salem County, followed by Penns Grove Borough, Quinton Township, Woodstown Borough, Carneys Point Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Salem County ranges from 19% to 64%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Elsinboro Township sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Salem County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Salem County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Lone star 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 Salem County?
Salem County reports about 70 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 12% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 9th-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 Salem County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.