Tick risk in Buncombe County, North Carolina
Buncombe County covers 6 towns and carries the 8th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of North Carolina's 97 counties, with a Lyme rate of 14 cases per 100,000 people a year (133rd of 1378 counties in the South). 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 Buncombe County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Buncombe County runs from Montreat (low) at the high end to Weaverville (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 62% to 99%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- MontreatLow risk
- Biltmore ForestLow risk
- WoodfinLow risk
- Black MountainLow risk
- AshevilleLow risk
Tick species in Buncombe County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Buncombe 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 Buncombe County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Buncombe County, NC
Professional tick control across Buncombe 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 Buncombe County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Buncombe County?
Most Buncombe 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 Buncombe County
Which towns in Buncombe County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Montreat carries the highest modeled tick risk in Buncombe County, followed by Biltmore Forest, Woodfin, Black Mountain, Asheville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Buncombe County ranges from 62% to 99%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Weaverville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Buncombe County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Buncombe County: Deer tick, American dog tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease. "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 Buncombe County?
Buncombe County reports about 14 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 133rd-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 8th-highest of North Carolina's 97 counties. Lyme is a smaller factor here than in the Northeast, but TickZone still uses this county rate as part of the disease baseline behind every town's score, alongside local lone-star tick pressure.
All towns in Buncombe County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.