Pest control in Garden Grove
Garden Grove is home base for the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District, and its office sits at 13001 Garden Grove Boulevard. Its phones are (714) 971-2421 and (949) 654-2421. In the district's city-by-city table for week 40 (October 5 to 9, 2026), traps here caught 514 female mosquitoes. One of the 25 samples tested that week was West Nile positive, which brought Garden Grove to 58 positive samples for the year.
The state's 2026 West Nile county table, dated October 29, 2026, lists Orange County with 57 human cases, 119 positive dead birds, 902 positive mosquito samples; no figure is shown for positive sentinel chickens, positive horses. These are countywide 2026 year-to-date totals, not city-specific. A missing figure is not zero. It also lists 119 dead birds and 887 mosquito samples that tested positive. They're county totals. Only the district's table, quoted above, breaks the count out by city.
As for housing, the median home in Garden Grove dates to 1965, per ACS figures for 2020 to 2024. Mosquitoes are one of four things the district handles, next to red imported fire ants, rats and flies. A rat call gets you an inspection of your home's exterior and yard, looking for rodent attractants and the gaps they use to get inside. Licenses can lapse, though. One from the SPCB that isn't renewed by June 30 goes delinquent and can't be used for up to 90 days, and after September 30 the Board voids it.
What pest control costs near Garden Grove
Because no one has sent us a quote from Garden Grove, there's no price for the city itself. The California page lists the estimates with what pest control workers are paid ($24.21 an hour in the BLS wage data, which is pay, not price). How we estimate costs.
Licensing and rules for pest control in Garden Grove
California licenses pest control through the Structural Pest Control Board, not CSLB, and a company has to be registered with the Board. Ask for the company's registration and the license of whoever will do the work, since applicators, field representatives and operators may work only for a registered company and not on their own. County agricultural commissioners enforce pesticide-use rules locally.
Pest control jobs in Garden Grove
Sources for Garden Grove
- County Wide Mosquito Abundance by City, Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District (week 40) Read Oct 23, 2026.
- Rats, Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District Read Oct 23, 2026.
- CDPH West Nile Virus Activity by County (2026), dated 2026-10-29 — Orange County Read Oct 29, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25034 Year Structure Built Read Oct 26, 2026.
- SPCB: How to renew your licence Read Oct 20, 2026.