Katy-area neighborhoods outside the city
Cinco Ranch is a master-planned community that spreads across Fort Bend and Harris counties, about 10 miles southeast of the City of Katy. Its census-designated place counted 16,899 people in 2020, and the wider development sprawls well past that line. Mature trees and attics that are now 20-plus years old make rodents a steady call here.
East Katy covers the older neighborhoods off Mason Road, Fry Road and Westgreen Boulevard in unincorporated Harris County. Nottingham Country alone has about 2,400 homes, built from the mid-1970s through the 1980s on what was then open prairie. Older roofs, fences and slabs bring more roach, rat and termite calls than the newer subdivisions farther west.
Pest control in Fort Bend County cities
Pest control in Fulshear, TX: Fulshear sits where FM 359 meets FM 1093, about 7 miles south of I-10 at Brookshire. It went from 716 residents in 2000 to 16,856 in 2020, and Cross Creek Ranch is one of the few big subdivisions inside its city limits. Freshly cleared lots mean fire ants and field rodents.
Sugar Land homes and pests: Sugar Land is the largest city in Fort Bend County, built around the junction of SH 6 and I-69/US 59. Its lakes, creeks and greenbelts keep mosquito season busy, and the city runs its own spraying program.
Richmond pest calls: Richmond is the Fort Bend County seat, with 11,627 residents in 2020. Many callers with a Richmond address actually live outside the city in places like Pecan Grove, Harvest Green, Aliana and Long Meadow Farms.
Rosenberg exterminator service: Rosenberg takes its name from Henry von Rosenberg, a Swiss immigrant who arrived in Texas in 1843, and it hosts the Fort Bend County Fair each October. It had 38,282 residents in 2020, with older homes near downtown and newer ones toward Bonbrook Plantation.
Stafford pest treatment: Stafford sits mostly in Fort Bend County, with a sliver in Harris, along I-69 and US 90A, which runs through town as Main Street. It has its own Stafford Municipal School District, the only city-controlled municipal school district in Texas. Apartments, offices and shops mean roaches and bed bugs lead the calls.
Waller County towns
Brookshire pest service: Brookshire is about 7 miles west of Katy on I-10, with 5,066 residents in 2020. It's home to the Brookshire Katy Drainage District, and the town still has a country feel, with barns, older homes and open fields.
Prairie View exterminator calls: Prairie View is the largest city in Waller County, strung along US 290 between Hempstead and Waller. With a large share of renters and student housing, roaches and bed bugs are common calls.
Smaller towns we also cover
- Sealy, in Austin County on I-10, where the Sealy mattress business began in 1881.
- Hempstead, the Waller County seat, in ZIP 77445.
- Waller, a small city on US 290 that straddles Harris and Waller counties.
- Simonton, a Fort Bend town at FM 1093 and FM 1489, incorporated in 1979.
- Pattison, a small Waller County city in ZIP 77466.
- Pecan Grove, a master-planned community with a Richmond address and 22,782 residents in 2020.
- Mission Bend, a community of nearly 37,000 around Highway 6, split between Fort Bend and Harris counties.
- Weston Lakes, which voted to incorporate in May 2008 and has the Brazos River on its southern edge.
Counties and what changes between them
The area around Katy covers four counties: Harris, Fort Bend, Waller and Austin. Texas A&M has recorded Formosan termites in both Harris and Fort Bend, while homes in Waller and Austin deal with native subterranean termites. Mosquito spraying also changes by county and city, which the area pages explain in detail.
Not sure where your address falls? Type your ZIP below, or start from the Katy, TX home page.
Find your ZIP
Prefer a list? The ZIP-by-ZIP coverage table shows every covered code with its page and county.
Questions about our Katy-area coverage
Is pest control in Fort Bend County different from Harris County?
The pest list is much the same, but public mosquito control works differently. Fort Bend County sprays unincorporated areas after mosquito samples test positive and doesn't spray on request, while cities such as Sugar Land, Stafford and Richmond run their own seasonal programs. Unincorporated Harris County is handled by Harris County Mosquito and Vector Control. Both counties are on Texas A&M's list for Formosan termites, so termite inspections matter on either side of the line.
Do you cover towns that don't have their own page here?
Yes, calls from Sealy, Hempstead, Waller, Simonton, Pattison, Pecan Grove, Mission Bend and Weston Lakes are covered even though those towns are only listed on this page. The pro you're connected with serves the whole area around Katy, so a farmhouse outside Pattison gets the same kind of visit as a home in Cinco Ranch. Type your ZIP in the box above to see which nearby page fits your address best.
Which nearby area has the oldest homes?
Richmond, Prairie View and east Katy have some of the oldest housing on this site. Census figures put the median home inside Richmond's city limits at 1984 and in Prairie View at 1987, and Nottingham Country in east Katy went up from the mid-1970s through the 1980s. By contrast, much of Fulshear and northern Katy dates from the last 15 years. Older homes need more attention to roof vents, soffits and wood trim, while new ones more often see fire ants and mice from cleared land nearby.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Cinco Ranch, Texas
- Wikipedia: Nottingham Country, Texas
- Wikipedia: Fulshear, Texas
- Wikipedia: Sugar Land, Texas
- Wikipedia: Richmond, Texas
- Wikipedia: Rosenberg, Texas
- Wikipedia: Stafford, Texas
- Wikipedia: Brookshire, Texas
- Wikipedia: Waller County, Texas
- Wikipedia: Waller, Texas
- Wikipedia: Sealy, Texas
- Texas Escapes: Simonton, Texas
- Wikipedia: Pecan Grove, Texas
- Wikipedia: Mission Bend, Texas
- Wikipedia: Weston Lakes, Texas
- Census Reporter: Richmond city (median year built 1984)
- Census Reporter: Prairie View city (median year built 1987)
- Texas A&M Urban Entomology: Formosan termites