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Tick risk in Monroe County, New York
Monroe County covers 21 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 50 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 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 Monroe County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Monroe County runs from Irondequoit (moderate) at the high end to Hamlin (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 40% to 68%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- IrondequoitModerate risk
- PerintonModerate risk
- BrightonModerate risk
- WebsterModerate risk
- PittsfordModerate risk
Tick species in Monroe County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Monroe County, NY
Professional tick control across Monroe 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 Monroe County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Monroe County?
Most Monroe 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 Monroe County
Which towns in Monroe County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Irondequoit carries the highest modeled tick risk in Monroe County, followed by Perinton, Brighton, Webster, Pittsford. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Monroe County ranges from 40% to 68%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hamlin sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Monroe County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Monroe County: Deer 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 Monroe County?
Monroe County reports about 50 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 13% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 52nd-highest of New York's 62 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 Monroe County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.