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Camp Pendleton: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Camp Pendleton?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$3,093/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Camp Pendleton
- $3,093
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $2,840/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $253/mo left over
Key facts for living at Camp Pendleton
| Host state | California |
|---|---|
| State income tax | 1%–12.3%, plus 1% over $1M (13.3% top) |
| Top state income-tax rate | 13.3% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 8.99% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 0.70% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | Yes — 0.65% effective |
| Median home value | $778,217 |
| Military housing area | CA024 — CAMP PENDLETON, CA |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 71° / 58°F |
| Annual precipitation | 9.8 in |
| Official site | Camp Pendleton |
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PCS checklist for Camp Pendleton
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (CA024).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 92055).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in San Diego County is $3,001/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a CA driver license within 10 days and title the car within 20 days. See California.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Camp Pendleton site.
PCS from Camp Pendleton
Only installations that share a tenant service with Camp Pendleton.
Pendleton → LejeuneCamp Pendleton to Camp LejeunePendleton → JBMHHCamp Pendleton to Joint Base Myer-Henderson HallPendleton → 29 PalmsCamp Pendleton to MCAGCC Twentynine PalmsPendleton → MCAS BeaufortCamp Pendleton to MCAS BeaufortPendleton → Cherry PointCamp Pendleton to MCAS Cherry PointPendleton → MiramarCamp Pendleton to MCAS MiramarPendleton → YumaCamp Pendleton to MCAS YumaPendleton → MCB HawaiiCamp Pendleton to MCB HawaiiPendleton → QuanticoCamp Pendleton to MCB QuanticoPendleton → Parris IslandCamp Pendleton to MCRD Parris IslandPendleton → MCRD San DiegoCamp Pendleton to MCRD San Diego
PCS to Camp Pendleton
Lejeune → PendletonCamp Lejeune to Camp PendletonJBMHH → PendletonJoint Base Myer-Henderson Hall to Camp Pendleton29 Palms → PendletonMCAGCC Twentynine Palms to Camp PendletonMCAS Beaufort → PendletonMCAS Beaufort to Camp PendletonCherry Point → PendletonMCAS Cherry Point to Camp PendletonMiramar → PendletonMCAS Miramar to Camp PendletonYuma → PendletonMCAS Yuma to Camp PendletonMCB Hawaii → PendletonMCB Hawaii to Camp PendletonQuantico → PendletonMCB Quantico to Camp PendletonParris Island → PendletonMCRD Parris Island to Camp PendletonMCRD San Diego → PendletonMCRD San Diego to Camp Pendleton
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 Camp Pendleton (CA024). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — San Diego County $3,001.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 92054 (Oceanside) $2,840 / $3,780.
- 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 Oceanside city, California ($770,300, $2,303/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — San Diego Intl (NWS) (USW00023188).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for California 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 California. 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 California. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. California motor-vehicle agency (license 10 days, title 20 days; title tax 7.25%). 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 California. 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 California. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.