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Tick risk in Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Cambria County covers 63 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 208 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 5% 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 Cambria County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Cambria County runs from West Taylor Township (high) at the high end to Chest Springs Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 9% to 94%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Cambria 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 Cambria 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 Cambria County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Cambria County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Cambria County?

Most Cambria 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 Cambria County

Which towns in Cambria County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, West Taylor Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Cambria County, followed by Lorain Borough, Lower Yoder Township, Gallitzin Township, Dean Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Cambria County ranges from 9% to 94%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Chest Springs Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Cambria County?

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

Cambria County reports about 208 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 18th-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 Cambria County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.