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Tick risk in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County covers 130 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 69 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 12% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Allegheny County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Allegheny County runs from Ben Avon Heights Borough (moderate) at the high end to Neville Township (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 15% to 96%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Allegheny County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickEstablished
  • American dog tickReported
  • 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 Allegheny County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)Powassan virus

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Allegheny County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Allegheny County, PA

Professional tick control across Allegheny 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 Allegheny County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Allegheny County?

Most Allegheny 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 Allegheny County

Which towns in Allegheny County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Ben Avon Heights Borough carries the highest modeled tick risk in Allegheny County, followed by Ben Avon Borough, Bradford Woods Borough, Thornburg Borough, Edgeworth Borough. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Allegheny County ranges from 15% to 96%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Neville Township sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Allegheny County?

CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Allegheny County: Deer 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 Allegheny County?

Allegheny County reports about 69 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 12% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 56th-highest of Pennsylvania's 67 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 Allegheny County

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Tick risk where you live

Tick activity is local and changes daily. Pick your state for tick season dates, the species that live there, and a daily tick-risk score for every town.