Tick risk in Frederick County, Virginia
Frederick County covers 2 towns and carries the 18th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Virginia's 110 counties, with a Lyme rate of 59 cases per 100,000 people a year (77th of 1378 counties in the South). 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 Frederick County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Frederick County runs from Middletown (moderate) at the high end to Stephens City (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 45% to 47%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- MiddletownModerate risk
- Stephens CityModerate risk
Tick species in Frederick County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Frederick 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 Frederick 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 Frederick County, VA
Professional tick control across Frederick 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 Frederick County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Frederick County?
Most Frederick 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 Frederick County
Which towns in Frederick County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Middletown carries the highest modeled tick risk in Frederick County, followed by Stephens City. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Frederick County ranges from 45% to 47%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Stephens City sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Frederick County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Frederick County: Deer 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 Frederick County?
Frederick County reports about 59 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 77th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 18th-highest of Virginia's 110 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 Frederick County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.