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Tick risk in Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Indiana County covers 38 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 195 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 Indiana County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Indiana County runs from Glen Campbell Borough (high) at the high end to Armagh Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 10% to 83%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

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

Tick control in Indiana County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Indiana County?

Most Indiana 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 Indiana County

Which towns in Indiana County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Glen Campbell Borough carries the highest modeled tick risk in Indiana County, followed by Ernest Borough, Grant Township, West Wheatfield Township, Cherry Tree Borough. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Indiana County ranges from 10% to 83%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Armagh Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Indiana County?

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

Indiana County reports about 195 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 23rd-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.