Pest Control in Alabama

Alabama pest pressure, metro by metro

Alabama does not have one pest problem — it has one per metro, shaped by local weather:

• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Birmingham)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Huntsville)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Mobile)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Montgomery)

Across the state we cover 29 counties within these metro areas. Browse the metro pages below, or see the Alabama county index for county-level coverage.

Alabama coverage in numbers

In numbers: the 10 covered metros in Alabama hold about 3,785,440 residents between them, with Birmingham alone accounting for roughly 32% of that population. Coverage reaches 136 named communities and 358 ZIP codes across 29 counties. The climate those metros share is not uniform: average annual temperatures run from about 61°F around Florence–Muscle Shoals to 68°F around Dothan, and pest seasons lengthen or shorten accordingly — which is why each metro keeps its own page.

The housing stock writes the rest of the story. In Birmingham, the largest metro, about 46% of homes predate 1980 and the median home was built in 1983 — older framing, older voids, and the pest profile that comes with them. Owner-occupiers make up about 71% of households there, which is why the metro guides speak to homeowners planning inspections and programmes, not one-off visits alone.

Alabama metros at a glance

Birmingham — a metro of 1,197,766 across 7 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Huntsville — about 556,444 residents across 2 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Mobile — a metro of 411,658 across 1 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Montgomery — about 388,747 residents across 4 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Tuscaloosa — 281,850 residents, 4 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Daphne–Fairhope — 267,761 residents, 1 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Auburn — a metro of 208,013 across 2 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Decatur — about 160,326 residents across 2 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.