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Tick risk in Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Tioga County covers 39 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 173 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 6% 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 Tioga County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Tioga County runs from Elk Township (high) at the high end to Tioga Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 28% to 99%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Elk TownshipHigh risk
Bloss TownshipHigh risk
Gaines TownshipHigh risk
Ward TownshipHigh risk
Morris TownshipHigh risk

Tick species in Tioga County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

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

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseBabesiosis

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

Tick control in Tioga County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Tioga County?

Most Tioga 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 Tioga County

Which towns in Tioga County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Elk Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Tioga County, followed by Bloss Township, Gaines Township, Ward Township, Morris Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Tioga County ranges from 28% to 99%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Tioga Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Tioga County?

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

Tioga County reports about 173 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 6% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 26th-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.