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Tick risk in Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Kenosha County covers 12 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 23 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 14% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Kenosha County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Kenosha County runs from Randall (moderate) at the high end to Paris (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 15% to 43%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- RandallModerate risk
- Salem LakesLow risk
- Twin LakesLow risk
- Pleasant PrairieLow risk
- WheatlandLow risk
Tick species in Kenosha County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Kenosha 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 Kenosha 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 Kenosha County, WI
Professional tick control across Kenosha 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 Kenosha County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Kenosha County?
Most Kenosha 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 Kenosha County
Which towns in Kenosha County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Randall carries the highest modeled tick risk in Kenosha County, followed by Salem Lakes, Twin Lakes, Pleasant Prairie, Wheatland. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Kenosha County ranges from 15% to 43%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Paris sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Kenosha County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Kenosha 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 Kenosha County?
Kenosha County reports about 23 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 14% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 68th-highest of Wisconsin's 72 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 Kenosha County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.