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Tick risk in Newport County, Rhode Island
Newport County covers 6 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 391 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 1% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog 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 Newport County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Newport County runs from Tiverton (high) at the high end to Newport (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 37% to 77%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- TivertonHigh risk
- JamestownHigh risk
- Little ComptonHigh risk
- PortsmouthHigh risk
- MiddletownHigh risk
Tick species in Newport County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Newport 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 Newport 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 Newport County, RI
Professional tick control across Newport 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 Newport County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Newport County?
Most Newport 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 Newport County
Which towns in Newport County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Tiverton carries the highest modeled tick risk in Newport County, followed by Jamestown, Little Compton, Portsmouth, Middletown. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Newport County ranges from 37% to 77%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Newport sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Newport County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Newport County: Deer tick, American dog 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 Newport County?
Newport County reports about 391 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 1% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 2nd-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 Newport County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.