Altus Air Force Base: BAH and housing

Altus Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Altus, Oklahoma. An E-5 with dependents receives $1,254 a month in BAH here, the 3rd-lowest of the 119 bases we track, $36 less than the $1,290 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 73522. Altus is one of the most affordable markets on the list (7th-lowest of 114): the median home is worth $152,200 and the median rent is $854. Normal daily temperatures run from 48°F to 76°F on average, with 28 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA OK235, HUD rents for ZIP 73522, Census ACS for Altus city, NOAA normals at Altus Irrigation Research Station, OK. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Altus Air Force Base?

This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,032/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Altus Air Force Base: $1,032

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $940/mo
BAH vs that rent: $92/mo left over

Key facts for living at Altus Air Force Base

Key facts for living at Altus Air Force Base
Host state	Oklahoma
State income tax	Top listed rate 4.5%
Top state income-tax rate	4.5%
Average sales tax (state + local)	9.06%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.79%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$223,346
Military housing area	OK235 — ALTUS AFB, OK
Climate (annual high / low)	76° / 48°F
Annual precipitation	27.6 in
Official site	Altus Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for Altus Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (OK235).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 73523).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Jackson County is $937/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an OK driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Oklahoma.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Altus Air Force Base site.

How Altus Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $1,254).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Altus Air Force Base are listed here.

Sources

Housing figures below are for the installation (MHA, HUD rent, climate). Host-state tax rates are statewide averages — not a tax return. County add-ons can differ, and wage tax on military pay follows legal residence, not the duty station.

BAH (with and without dependents). DTMO CY2026 BAH tables for Altus Air Force Base (OK235). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Jackson County $937.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 73522 (Altus) $940 / $1,290.
Off-base city home value and rent. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year 2020–2024 tables B25077 (median value of owner-occupied homes) and B25064 (median gross rent) for Altus city, Oklahoma ($152,200, $854/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Altus Irrigation Research Station, OK (USC00340179).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Oklahoma from the Tax Foundation 2026 individual income-tax tables. On this page they describe the host state, not automatically the tax on a military LES (legal residence can stay put). BAH is untaxed.
Combined sales tax near the installation. Tax Foundation January 2026 state-and-local sales-tax averages for Oklahoma. Used as an off-base shopping stand-in; city and county add-ons vary.
Effective property tax if you buy off-base. Tax Foundation 2026 property taxes by state for Oklahoma. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Oklahoma motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 4.50%). These are host-state motor-vehicle rules, not BAH.
Vehicle personal-property tax on the host-state snapshot. WalletHub 2026 vehicle property-tax table for Oklahoma. This is a statewide car-tax flag, not real-estate tax and not BAH.
Statewide median home value on the host-state snapshot. Experian / Zillow March 2026 state medians for Oklahoma. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

Data last updated: September 2026. How the data is compiled