Tick risk in Union County, North Carolina
Union County covers 14 towns and carries the 13th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of North Carolina's 97 counties, with a Lyme rate of 2 cases per 100,000 people a year (166th of 1378 counties in the South). Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Union County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Union County runs from Weddington (moderate) at the high end to Unionville (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 40% to 77%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WeddingtonModerate risk
- Mineral SpringsModerate risk
- MarvinModerate risk
- WaxhawModerate risk
- Hemby BridgeModerate risk
Tick species in Union County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Union 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 Union 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 Union County, NC
Professional tick control across Union 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 Union County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Union County?
Most Union 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 Union County
Which towns in Union County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Weddington carries the highest modeled tick risk in Union County, followed by Mineral Springs, Marvin, Waxhaw, Hemby Bridge. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Union County ranges from 40% to 77%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Unionville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Union County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Union 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 Union County?
Union County reports about 2 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 166th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 13th-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 Union County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.