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Tick risk in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Cumberland County covers 33 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 80 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 11% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Cumberland County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Cumberland County runs from Cooke Township (moderate) at the high end to West Pennsboro Township (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 27% to 99%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Cooke TownshipModerate risk
Wormleysburg BoroughModerate risk
New Cumberland BoroughModerate risk
Mount Holly Springs BoroughModerate risk
East Pennsboro TownshipModerate risk

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

Tick control in Cumberland County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Cumberland County?

Most Cumberland 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 Cumberland County

Which towns in Cumberland County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Cooke Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Cumberland County, followed by Wormleysburg Borough, New Cumberland Borough, Mount Holly Springs Borough, East Pennsboro Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Cumberland County ranges from 27% to 99%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. West Pennsboro Township sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Cumberland County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County?

Cumberland County reports about 80 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 11% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 49th-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.