Carlisle Barracks: BAH and housing

Carlisle Barracks is an Army post in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. For an E-5 with dependents, the housing allowance comes to $2,076 a month (62nd-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $156 more than the $1,920 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 17015. Homes in Carlisle have a median value of $224,100 (median rent $1,094), which makes it a mid-range market among the bases we cover (78th-highest of 114). Normal daily temperatures run from 41°F to 63°F on average, with 48 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA PA247, HUD rents for ZIP 17015, Census ACS for Carlisle borough, NOAA normals at Carlisle Water Plant, PA. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Carlisle Barracks?

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,617/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Carlisle Barracks: $1,617

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,490/mo
BAH vs that rent: $127/mo left over

Key facts for living at Carlisle Barracks

Key facts for living at Carlisle Barracks
Host state	Pennsylvania
State income tax	Flat 3.07% (local earned-income tax extra)
Top state income-tax rate	3.07%
Average sales tax (state + local)	6.34%
Average property tax (real estate)	1.26%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$288,697
Military housing area	PA247 — CARLISLE BARRACKS, PA
Climate (annual high / low)	63° / 41°F
Annual precipitation	48.0 in
Official site	Carlisle Barracks

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PCS checklist for Carlisle Barracks

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (PA247).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 17013).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Cumberland County is $1,493/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get a PA driver license within 60 days and title the car within 20 days. See Pennsylvania.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Carlisle Barracks site.

How Carlisle Barracks compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Fort Hamilton ($5,070 vs $2,076).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Carlisle Barracks 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 Carlisle Barracks (PA247). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Cumberland County $1,493.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 17015 (Carlisle) $1,490 / $1,920.
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 Carlisle borough, Pennsylvania ($224,100, $1,094/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Carlisle Water Plant, PA (USC00361920).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Pennsylvania motor-vehicle agency (license 60 days, title 20 days; title tax 6.00%). 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 Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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