Tick risk in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Wilkes County covers 3 towns and carries the 10th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of North Carolina's 97 counties, with a Lyme rate of 11 cases per 100,000 people a year (140th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Wilkes County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Wilkes County runs from Ronda (moderate) at the high end to Wilkesboro (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 57% to 76%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- RondaModerate risk
- North WilkesboroModerate risk
- WilkesboroLow risk
Tick species in Wilkes County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Wilkes 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 Wilkes County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Wilkes County, NC
Professional tick control across Wilkes 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 Wilkes County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Wilkes County?
Most Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
Which towns in Wilkes County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Ronda carries the highest modeled tick risk in Wilkes County, followed by North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Wilkes County ranges from 57% to 76%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Wilkesboro sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Wilkes County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County?
Wilkes County reports about 11 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 140th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 10th-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 Wilkes County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.