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Tick risk in Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Snyder County covers 21 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 69 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 12% 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 Snyder County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Snyder County runs from West Perry Township (moderate) at the high end to Freeburg Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 27% to 77%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

West Perry TownshipModerate risk
Spring TownshipModerate risk
Adams TownshipModerate risk
West Beaver TownshipModerate risk
Beaver TownshipModerate risk

Tick species in Snyder County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickEstablished
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 Snyder 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 Snyder County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Snyder County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Snyder County?

Most Snyder 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 Snyder County

Which towns in Snyder County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, West Perry Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Snyder County, followed by Spring Township, Adams Township, West Beaver Township, Beaver Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Snyder County ranges from 27% to 77%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Freeburg Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Snyder County?

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

Snyder County reports about 69 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 12% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 57th-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 Snyder County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.