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Tick risk in Blair County, Pennsylvania

Blair County covers 25 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 150 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 7% 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 Blair County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Blair County runs from Juniata Township (high) at the high end to Martinsburg Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 17% to 91%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Juniata TownshipHigh risk
Snyder TownshipModerate risk
Logan TownshipModerate risk
Antis TownshipModerate risk
Freedom TownshipModerate risk

Tick species in Blair County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickReported
Lone star tickNot established
Gulf Coast tickNot established

Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Blair 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)

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

Tick control in Blair County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Blair County?

Most Blair 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 Blair County

Which towns in Blair County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Juniata Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Blair County, followed by Snyder Township, Logan Township, Antis Township, Freedom Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Blair County ranges from 17% to 91%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Martinsburg Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Blair County?

CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Blair 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 Blair County?

Blair County reports about 150 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 7% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 30th-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.