Vermont · Northeast
Tick risk in Lamoille County, Vermont
Lamoille County covers 10 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 129 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 Lamoille County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Lamoille County runs from Belvidere (high) at the high end to Morristown (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 79% to 98%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BelvidereHigh risk
- EdenHigh risk
- ElmoreHigh risk
- WatervilleModerate risk
- StoweModerate risk
Tick species in Lamoille 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 Lamoille County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Lamoille County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Lamoille County, VT
Professional tick control across Lamoille 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 Lamoille County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Lamoille County?
Most Lamoille 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 Lamoille County
Which towns in Lamoille County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Belvidere carries the highest modeled tick risk in Lamoille County, followed by Eden, Elmore, Waterville, Stowe. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Lamoille County ranges from 79% to 98%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Morristown sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Lamoille County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Lamoille 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 Lamoille County?
Lamoille County reports about 129 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 7% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 12th-highest of Vermont's 14 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 Lamoille County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.