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Tick risk in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Somerset County covers 50 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 206 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 5% 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 Somerset County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Somerset County runs from Fairhope Township (high) at the high end to New Centerville Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 7% to 95%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

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

Tick control in Somerset County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Somerset County?

Most Somerset 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 Somerset County

Which towns in Somerset County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Fairhope Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Somerset County, followed by Ogle Township, Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Benson Borough, Northampton Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Somerset County ranges from 7% to 95%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. New Centerville Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Somerset County?

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

Somerset County reports about 206 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 19th-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 Somerset County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.