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Tick risk in Lexington County, South Carolina

Lexington County covers 13 towns and carries the 4th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of South Carolina's 46 counties, with a Lyme rate of 2 cases per 100,000 people a year (170th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists 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 Lexington County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Lexington County runs from South Congaree (moderate) at the high end to Pelion (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 33% to 67%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Lexington County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickReported
  • American dog tickReported
  • 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 Lexington 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 Lexington 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 Lexington County, SC

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

How much does tick control cost in Lexington County?

Most Lexington 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 Lexington County

Which towns in Lexington County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, South Congaree carries the highest modeled tick risk in Lexington County, followed by Springdale, Gilbert, Summit, Batesburg-Leesville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Lexington County ranges from 33% to 67%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Pelion sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Lexington County?

CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Lexington County: 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 Lexington County?

Lexington County reports about 2 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 170th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 4th-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 Lexington County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.