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Tick risk in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County covers 60 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 Lancaster County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Lancaster County runs from Adamstown Borough (moderate) at the high end to Leacock Township (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 5% to 69%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Adamstown BoroughModerate risk
Lancaster TownshipModerate risk
Conestoga TownshipModerate risk
Marietta BoroughModerate risk
Martic TownshipModerate risk

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

Tick control in Lancaster County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Lancaster County?

Most Lancaster 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 Lancaster County

Which towns in Lancaster County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Adamstown Borough carries the highest modeled tick risk in Lancaster County, followed by Lancaster Township, Conestoga Township, Marietta Borough, Martic Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Lancaster County ranges from 5% to 69%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Leacock Township sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Lancaster County?

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

Lancaster 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 50th-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 Lancaster County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.