Tick risk in Chester County, Tennessee

Chester County covers 2 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.

Highest and lowest tick risk in Chester County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Chester County runs from Enville (low) at the high end to Henderson (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 50% to 52%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Chester County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickNot established
  • American dog tickReported
  • Lone star tickReported
  • Gulf Coast tickReported

Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Chester 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 Chester 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 Chester County, TN

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

How much does tick control cost in Chester County?

Most Chester 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 Chester County

Which towns in Chester County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Enville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Chester County, followed by Henderson. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Chester County ranges from 50% to 52%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Henderson sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Chester County?

CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Chester County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the south. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.

Is Lyme disease common in Chester County?

CDC reports too few cases in Chester County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties, and typical this far south. That does not mean the risk is zero: the lone star tick, not Lyme, is the bigger local concern.

All towns in Chester County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.