Tick risk in Richmond County, North Carolina
Richmond County covers 6 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Richmond County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Richmond County runs from Dobbins Heights (low) at the high end to Hoffman (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 62% to 82%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Dobbins HeightsLow risk
- EllerbeLow risk
- NormanLow risk
- RockinghamLow risk
- HamletLow risk
Tick species in Richmond County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Richmond County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
No CDC tick-testing records for Richmond County. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in Richmond County, NC
Professional tick control across Richmond 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 Richmond County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Richmond County?
Most Richmond 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 Richmond County
Which towns in Richmond County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Dobbins Heights carries the highest modeled tick risk in Richmond County, followed by Ellerbe, Norman, Rockingham, Hamlet. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Richmond County ranges from 62% to 82%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hoffman sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Richmond County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Richmond County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the south. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Richmond County?
CDC reports too few cases in Richmond County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties, and typical this far south. That does not mean the risk is zero: the lone star tick, not Lyme, is the bigger local concern.
All towns in Richmond County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.