Tick risk in Ashland County, Ohio
Ashland County covers 9 towns and carries the 17th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Ohio's 88 counties, with a Lyme rate of 21 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the Midwest). 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 Ashland County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Ashland County runs from Mifflin (moderate) at the high end to Polk (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 26% to 63%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- MifflinModerate risk
- SavannahModerate risk
- LoudonvilleModerate risk
- Bailey LakesModerate risk
- JeromesvilleModerate risk
Tick species in Ashland County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Ashland 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 Ashland 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 Ashland County, OH
Professional tick control across Ashland 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 Ashland County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Ashland County?
Most Ashland 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 Ashland County
Which towns in Ashland County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Mifflin carries the highest modeled tick risk in Ashland County, followed by Savannah, Loudonville, Bailey Lakes, Jeromesville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Ashland County ranges from 26% to 63%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Polk sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Ashland County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Ashland County: Deer tick, American dog tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease in the Northeast. "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 Ashland County?
Ashland County reports about 21 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 17th-highest of Ohio's 88 counties. Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.
All towns in Ashland County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.