Tick risk in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Waukesha County covers 28 towns and carries the 54th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Wisconsin's 70 counties, with a Lyme rate of 66 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the Midwest). CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and American dog 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 Waukesha County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Waukesha County runs from Oconomowoc Lake (moderate) at the high end to Mukwonago (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 26% to 74%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Oconomowoc LakeModerate risk
- ChenequaModerate risk
- Elm GroveModerate risk
- Lac La BelleModerate risk
- WalesModerate risk
Tick species in Waukesha County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Waukesha 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 Waukesha 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 Waukesha County, WI
Professional tick control across Waukesha 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 Waukesha County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Waukesha County?
Most Waukesha 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 Waukesha County
Which towns in Waukesha County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Oconomowoc Lake carries the highest modeled tick risk in Waukesha County, followed by Chenequa, Elm Grove, Lac La Belle, Wales. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Waukesha County ranges from 26% to 74%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Mukwonago sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Waukesha County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Waukesha County: Deer tick, American dog 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 Waukesha County?
Waukesha County reports about 66 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 54th-highest of Wisconsin's 70 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 Waukesha County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.