Tick risk in Page County, Virginia
Page County covers 3 towns and carries the 25th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Virginia's 110 counties, with a Lyme rate of 40 cases per 100,000 people a year (95th of 1378 counties in the South). Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Page County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Page County runs from Shenandoah (low) at the high end to Luray (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 31% to 56%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- ShenandoahLow risk
- StanleyLow risk
- LurayLow risk
Tick species in Page County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Page 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 Page 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 Page County, VA
Professional tick control across Page 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 Page County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Page County?
Most Page 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 Page County
Which towns in Page County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Shenandoah carries the highest modeled tick risk in Page County, followed by Stanley, Luray. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Page County ranges from 31% to 56%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Luray sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Page County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Page 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 Page County?
Page County reports about 40 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 95th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 25th-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 Page County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.