Tick risk in Raleigh County, West Virginia
Raleigh County covers 5 towns and carries the 46th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 73 cases per 100,000 people a year (68th 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 Raleigh County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Raleigh County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Raleigh 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 Raleigh County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Raleigh County, WV
Professional tick control across Raleigh 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 Raleigh County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Raleigh County?
Most Raleigh 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 Raleigh County
Which towns in Raleigh County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Rhodell carries the highest modeled tick risk in Raleigh County, followed by Lester, Mabscott, Beckley, Sophia. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Raleigh County ranges from 61% to 94%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Sophia sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Raleigh County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Raleigh County: Deer 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 Raleigh County?
Raleigh County reports about 73 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 68th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 46th-highest of West Virginia's 55 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 Raleigh County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.