Tick risk in Rockingham County, North Carolina
Rockingham 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 Rockingham County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Rockingham County runs from Wentworth (low) at the high end to Stoneville (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 59% to 77%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WentworthLow risk
- MayodanLow risk
- ReidsvilleLow risk
- MadisonLow risk
- EdenLow risk
Tick species in Rockingham County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- 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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Rockingham County, NC
Professional tick control across Rockingham 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 Rockingham County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Rockingham County?
Most Rockingham 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 Rockingham County
Which towns in Rockingham County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Wentworth carries the highest modeled tick risk in Rockingham County, followed by Mayodan, Reidsville, Madison, Eden. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Rockingham County ranges from 59% to 77%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Stoneville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Rockingham County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Rockingham County: Deer 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 Rockingham County?
CDC reports too few cases in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.