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Termite Treatment in Cupertino, CA
Cupertino had 60,381 residents in 2020. The 1960s were its biggest building decade: 27% of today's housing units date from then, tied with Saratoga for the highest share for that decade among the cities covered here, according to the 2020–2024 American Community Survey. The median year built is 1973.
Most homes (58%) are detached single-family houses, so wood framing, eaves, fascia boards and attic rafters are usually the owner's responsibility. Sixty-year-old framing is exactly where drywood termite colonies can grow unnoticed, leaving only small six-sided pellets as evidence, as UC Statewide IPM describes.
Compared with Santa Clara County as a whole, Cupertino's housing is older than average: a median year built of 1973 against 1975 countywide, with 64% of units built before 1980 (county: 60%). It has more detached single-family houses (58% of units versus 51% in the county), out of roughly 22,158 housing units in total. Older wood framing has simply had more years of possible termite exposure, while a high share of multi-unit buildings changes who orders inspections and how fumigation is scheduled.
Cupertino lies between the valley floor and the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills. Rainfall in Western Regional Climate Center records rises from about 14.5 inches a year at San Jose to about 26 inches at Los Gatos, so homes nearer the hills can see wetter winters, more moisture in crawl spaces and conditions that favor dampwood termites and decay.
Request an inspection or estimate through this site and a licensed local termite company will contact you. Whether local treatment or fumigation is appropriate is decided after the inspection, not before.
Services you can request in Cupertino
- Termite Inspection & WDO Report
- Drywood Termite Treatment
- Subterranean Termite Treatment
- Termite Fumigation
- Local Termite Treatment
- Termite Damage Repair
Prices are not published; see termite treatment cost factors.
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Please note: This website is an independent referral service. It does not perform pest control, inspections, fumigation or repairs. All work is performed by independent companies licensed by the California Structural Pest Control Board (SPCB). Verify any company's license at pestboard.ca.gov/license.