Tick risk in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Shenandoah County covers 6 towns and carries the 14th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Virginia's 110 counties, with a Lyme rate of 71 cases per 100,000 people a year (69th 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 Shenandoah County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Shenandoah County runs from Toms Brook (low) at the high end to Mount Jackson (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 25% to 54%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Toms BrookLow risk
- EdinburgLow risk
- StrasburgLow risk
- New MarketLow risk
- WoodstockLow risk
Tick species in Shenandoah County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County, VA
Professional tick control across Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Shenandoah County?
Most Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County
Which towns in Shenandoah County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Toms Brook carries the highest modeled tick risk in Shenandoah County, followed by Edinburg, Strasburg, New Market, Woodstock. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Shenandoah County ranges from 25% to 54%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Mount Jackson sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Shenandoah County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County?
Shenandoah County reports about 71 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 69th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 14th-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 Shenandoah County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.