Tick risk in Clermont County, Ohio
Clermont County covers 10 towns and carries the 29th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Ohio's 88 counties, with a Lyme rate of 7 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 Clermont County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Clermont County runs from New Richmond (moderate) at the high end to Felicity (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 15% to 69%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- New RichmondModerate risk
- NevilleModerate risk
- ChiloModerate risk
- MilfordModerate risk
- BataviaModerate risk
Tick species in Clermont 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 Clermont 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 Clermont 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 Clermont County, OH
Professional tick control across Clermont 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 Clermont County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Clermont County?
Most Clermont 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 Clermont County
Which towns in Clermont County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, New Richmond carries the highest modeled tick risk in Clermont County, followed by Neville, Chilo, Milford, Batavia. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Clermont County ranges from 15% to 69%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Felicity sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Clermont County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Clermont 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 Clermont County?
Clermont County reports about 7 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 29th-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 Clermont County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.