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Tick risk in Bristol County, Rhode Island
Bristol County covers 3 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 245 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 3% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and Lone star 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 Bristol County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Bristol County runs from Barrington (high) at the high end to Warren (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 47% to 63%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BarringtonHigh risk
- BristolHigh risk
- WarrenHigh risk
Tick species in Bristol County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Bristol County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
No CDC tick-testing records for Bristol County. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in Bristol County, RI
Professional tick control across Bristol 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 Bristol County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Bristol County?
Most Bristol 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 Bristol County
Which towns in Bristol County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Barrington carries the highest modeled tick risk in Bristol County, followed by Bristol, Warren. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Bristol County ranges from 47% to 63%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Warren sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Bristol County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Bristol County: Deer tick, Lone star 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 Bristol County?
Bristol County reports about 245 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 3% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 3rd-highest of Rhode Island's 5 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 Bristol County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.