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Tick risk in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Luzerne County covers 76 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 54 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 13% 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 Luzerne County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Luzerne County runs from Bear Creek Village Borough (moderate) at the high end to West Pittston Borough (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 28% to 97%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Bear Creek Village BoroughModerate risk
Laurel Run BoroughModerate risk
Penn Lake Park BoroughModerate risk
Fairview TownshipModerate risk
Nuangola BoroughModerate risk

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

Tick control in Luzerne County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Luzerne County?

Most Luzerne 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 Luzerne County

Which towns in Luzerne County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Bear Creek Village Borough carries the highest modeled tick risk in Luzerne County, followed by Laurel Run Borough, Penn Lake Park Borough, Fairview Township, Nuangola Borough. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Luzerne County ranges from 28% to 97%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. West Pittston Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Luzerne County?

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

Luzerne County reports about 54 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 13% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 61st-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 Luzerne County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.