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Tick risk in King County, Washington

King County covers 59 towns and carries the 17th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Washington's 39 counties, with a Lyme rate of 0 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the West). Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.

Highest and lowest tick risk in King County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across King County runs from Beaux Arts Village (moderate) at the high end to Pacific (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 34% to 99%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Beaux Arts VillageModerate risk
Ames LakeModerate risk
Wilderness RimModerate risk
MirrormontModerate risk
RiverbendModerate risk

Tick species in King County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickReported
American dog tickReported
Lone star tickNot established
Gulf Coast tickNot established

Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for King 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 King 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 King County, WA

Professional tick control across King 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 King County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in King County?

Most King 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 King County

Which towns in King County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Beaux Arts Village carries the highest modeled tick risk in King County, followed by Ames Lake, Wilderness Rim, Mirrormont, Riverbend. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across King County ranges from 34% to 99%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Pacific sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in King County?

CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for King County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the west. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.

Is Lyme disease common in King County?

King County reports about 0 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 17th-highest of Washington's 39 counties. Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.