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Tick risk in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Lawrence County covers 27 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 92 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 10% 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 Lawrence County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Lawrence County runs from Wampum Borough (moderate) at the high end to Wilmington Township (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 45% to 78%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Wampum BoroughModerate risk
Perry TownshipModerate risk
Taylor TownshipModerate risk
Wayne TownshipModerate risk
Volant BoroughModerate risk

Tick species in Lawrence County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickReported
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 Lawrence County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseBabesiosisPowassan virus

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

Tick control in Lawrence County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Lawrence County?

Most Lawrence 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 Lawrence County

Which towns in Lawrence County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Wampum Borough carries the highest modeled tick risk in Lawrence County, followed by Perry Township, Taylor Township, Wayne Township, Volant Borough. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Lawrence County ranges from 45% to 78%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Wilmington Township sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Lawrence County?

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

Lawrence County reports about 92 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 10% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 47th-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.