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Tick risk in Greenville County, South Carolina
Greenville County covers 20 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 1 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 23% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists American dog tick and Gulf Coast 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 Greenville County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Greenville County runs from Tigerville (moderate) at the high end to Greer (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 40% to 78%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- TigervilleModerate risk
- TaylorsModerate risk
- Sans SouciModerate risk
- Wade HamptonModerate risk
- Five ForksModerate risk
Tick species in Greenville County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Greenville 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 Greenville 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 Greenville County, SC
Professional tick control across Greenville 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 Greenville County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Greenville County?
Most Greenville 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 Greenville County
Which towns in Greenville County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Tigerville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Greenville County, followed by Taylors, Sans Souci, Wade Hampton, Five Forks. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Greenville County ranges from 40% to 78%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Greer sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Greenville County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Greenville County: American dog tick, Gulf Coast tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease. "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 Greenville County?
Greenville County reports about 1 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 23% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 2nd-highest of South Carolina's 46 counties). Lyme is a smaller factor here than in the Northeast, but TickZone still uses this county rate as part of the disease baseline behind every town's score, alongside local lone-star tick pressure.
All towns in Greenville County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.