Rodent Control AcrossChesapeake, VA

We serve homes anywhere inside Chesapeake city limits, and that is a lot of ground. The U.S. Census Bureau puts the city’s land area at 338.46 square miles, with a July 2025 population estimate of 255,332. A Great Bridge cul-de-sac and a South Norfolk street grid are both Chesapeake, but they are very different houses to inspect.

The housing numbers show the overall shape. The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey counts 96,816 housing units in Chesapeake:

• 81.0% are single-family homes, detached or attached
• 68.3% were built in 1980 or later, and 29.0% in 2000 or later
• only 10.1% were built before 1960

So on most calls we are looking at the entry points of a newer detached house: the garage, the roofline, brick weep holes and the places utility lines pass through the wall. South Norfolk is the exception, and the history explains it. Chesapeake was created by consolidating South Norfolk with the surrounding county, and the Chesapeake name took effect on January 1, 1963.

One caveat on the neighborhood figures below. Census data is published by ZIP code area, and ZIP areas approximate neighborhoods without matching them, so each figure describes the ZIP area, not the neighborhood itself.

Every job starts with a full interior and exterior inspection, and the same services run in every part of the city:

• Mouse control: humane trap and bait placement, then sealing the gaps mice use.
• Rat control: Norway rats and roof rats, with burrow and nesting-site treatment and exterior bait stations.
• Crawl space rodent control: activity under the house, vents, foundation gaps and access doors.
• Attic rodent removal: rats and mice in the attic, soffits and roofline.
• Rodent proofing: a full exterior seal with hardened materials sized to each gap.
• Rodent cleanup: droppings, nesting material and contaminated areas, priced after inspection.

A follow-up visit rechecks traps and bait stations and adjusts treatment if activity remains.

Great Bridge has a place in Virginia history: the first pitched battle of the Revolutionary War in Virginia was fought here on December 9, 1775, according to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Its housing is far newer. In the 23322 ZIP code area that covers much of Great Bridge, 95.7% of housing units are single-family and 77.4% were built in 1980 or later. That points our inspections at garages, rooflines and utility penetrations. See rodent control in Great Bridge for the full picture.

Greenbrier’s housing leans less on detached houses than anywhere else on this page. In the 23320 ZIP code area that covers much of Greenbrier, only 46.9% of its housing units are single-family detached houses, against 67.4% citywide, so townhomes and apartment buildings with shared walls are a bigger part of the picture. We also take calls from Greenbrier businesses. Our Greenbrier rodent control page covers homes, shared walls and commercial properties.

Deep Creek sits at the northern end of the Dismal Swamp Canal, a 22-mile waterway dug by hand between 1793 and 1805 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The housing is some of the newest in the city: in the 23323 ZIP code area that covers much of Deep Creek, 36.0% of housing units were built in 2000 or later. Our Deep Creek rodent control page focuses on Norway rats, the burrowing species, and what we check under houses and along foundations.

Western Branch has a slightly older housing stock than the city as a whole. In the 23321 ZIP code area that covers much of the neighborhood, 35.1% of housing units were built before 1980, compared with 31.7% citywide, and 84.6% are single-family. A street can hold a 1970s house beside one built last decade, and the entry points differ. The Western Branch rodent control page walks through the gaps we check, from door sweeps to utility lines.

South Norfolk is where Chesapeake’s older houses are. Its historic district, listed on the National Register in 1989, is made up of closely spaced wood-frame houses on a street grid, nearly all with a front porch, according to Virginia’s Department of Historic Resources. In the 23324 ZIP code area that covers much of South Norfolk, 32.7% of housing units were built before 1960. Crawl spaces, foundations and wall voids lead our work here. Read rodent control in South Norfolk for details.

We also serve homes in Hickory, Portlock, Camelot, Indian River, Butts Station and Grassfield, and everywhere else inside Chesapeake city limits. The process is the same in every one of them: a full inspection first, then removal, exclusion and a follow-up visit. If your street isn’t named on this page, call anyway. If it’s in Chesapeake, it’s in our service area.

Call Chesapeake Rodent Control on (757) 551-3952 between 7am and 8pm, any day of the week, or request a free callback with no obligation to book. A technician confirms the exact price on that call before anything is scheduled, and published visit prices run from $99 to $250. You can see the full breakdown on our rodent control cost page.