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Tick risk in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Lackawanna County covers 40 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 76 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 Lackawanna County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Lackawanna County runs from Thornhurst Township (moderate) at the high end to Taylor Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 49% to 97%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Thornhurst TownshipModerate risk
Clifton TownshipModerate risk
Spring Brook TownshipModerate risk
Roaring Brook TownshipModerate risk
Vandling BoroughModerate risk

Tick species in Lackawanna County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickEstablished
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 Lackawanna 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)Powassan virus

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

Tick control in Lackawanna County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Lackawanna County?

Most Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County

Which towns in Lackawanna County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Thornhurst Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Lackawanna County, followed by Clifton Township, Spring Brook Township, Roaring Brook Township, Vandling Borough. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Lackawanna County ranges from 49% to 97%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Taylor Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Lackawanna County?

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

Lackawanna County reports about 76 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 11% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 52nd-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.