Vermont · Northeast
Tick risk in Orange County, Vermont
Orange County covers 17 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 262 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 3% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and American dog 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 Orange County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Orange County runs from Vershire (high) at the high end to Randolph (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 73% to 93%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- VershireHigh risk
- TopshamHigh risk
- OrangeHigh risk
- West FairleeHigh risk
- WashingtonHigh risk
Tick species in Orange County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Orange 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 Orange County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Orange County, VT
Professional tick control across Orange 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 Orange County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Orange County?
Most Orange 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 Orange County
Which towns in Orange County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Vershire carries the highest modeled tick risk in Orange County, followed by Topsham, Orange, West Fairlee, Washington. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Orange County ranges from 73% to 93%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Randolph sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Orange County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Orange County: Deer tick, American dog 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 Orange County?
Orange County reports about 262 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 3% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 5th-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 Orange County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.