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Tick risk in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County covers 54 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 82 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 10% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog tick, and Lone star 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 Bucks County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Bucks County runs from Langhorne Manor Borough (high) at the high end to Bristol Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 28% to 93%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Bucks County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

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

Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Bucks 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 Bucks County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Bucks County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Bucks County?

Most Bucks 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 Bucks County

Which towns in Bucks County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Langhorne Manor Borough carries the highest modeled tick risk in Bucks County, followed by Upper Southampton Township, Chalfont Borough, Lower Southampton Township, Hulmeville Borough. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Bucks County ranges from 28% to 93%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Bristol Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Bucks County?

CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Bucks County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Lone star 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 Bucks County?

Bucks County reports about 82 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 10% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 48th-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 Bucks County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.