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Tick risk in Providence County, Rhode Island
Providence County covers 16 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 134 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 7% 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 Providence County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Providence County runs from Foster (high) at the high end to Central Falls (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 20% to 93%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- FosterHigh risk
- ScituateHigh risk
- BurrillvilleHigh risk
- GlocesterHigh risk
- North SmithfieldModerate risk
Tick species in Providence 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 Providence 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 Providence 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 Providence County, RI
Professional tick control across Providence 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 Providence County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Providence County?
Most Providence 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 Providence County
Which towns in Providence County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Foster carries the highest modeled tick risk in Providence County, followed by Scituate, Burrillville, Glocester, North Smithfield. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Providence County ranges from 20% to 93%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Central Falls sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Providence County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Providence 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 Providence County?
Providence County reports about 134 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 7% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 5th-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 Providence County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.