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Barksdale Air Force Base: BAH, housing, and schools
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Barksdale Air Force Base?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$1,452/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Barksdale Air Force Base
- $1,452
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $1,290/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $162/mo left over
Key facts for living at Barksdale Air Force Base
| Host state | Louisiana |
|---|---|
| State income tax | Top listed rate 3.0% |
| Top state income-tax rate | 3.0% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 10.11% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 0.55% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | Yes — 0.10% effective |
| Median home value | $215,842 |
| Military housing area | LA117 — SHREVEPORT/BARKSDALE AFB, LA |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 78° / 56°F |
| Annual precipitation | 51.4 in |
| Official site | Barksdale Air Force Base |
Schools near Barksdale Air Force Base
| DoDEA on post | None |
|---|---|
| Bossier City and on-base housing | Bossier Parish — 22,224 students, 15.4 student–teacher |
| Shreveport (off-base) | Caddo Parish — 32,165 students, 15.2 student–teacher |
| Main base | Waller Elementary, Rusheon Middle, Bossier High |
| East Reservation | Platt, Princeton, and T. L. Rodes Elementary; Haughton Middle; Haughton High |
| Kindergarten cutoff | September 30 |
| School Liaison | 318-456-4098 |
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PCS checklist for Barksdale Air Force Base
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (LA117).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 71110).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Bossier Parish is $1,111/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Call the School Liaison (318-456-4098).
- Get a LA driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Louisiana.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Barksdale Air Force Base site.
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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 Barksdale Air Force Base (LA117). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Bossier Parish $1,111.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 71112 (Bossier City) $1,290 / $1,690.
- 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 Bossier City city, Louisiana ($202,100, $1,107/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Shreveport Regional (NWS) (USW00013957).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Louisiana 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 Louisiana. 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 Louisiana. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Louisiana motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 4.45%). 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 Louisiana. 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 Louisiana. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.
- Schools. Districts and on-base zones from the MilitaryINSTALLATIONS education page. Enrollment and student–teacher ratio: NCES CCD 2024–25 for Bossier Parish 2200270; Caddo Parish 2200300. DoDEA: DoDEA Americas directory.