Davis-Monthan Air Force Base: BAH and housing

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Tucson, Arizona. An E-5 with dependents receives $1,905 a month in BAH here (68th-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $735 less than the $2,640 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 85708. Tucson is a mid-range market among the bases we cover (58th-highest of 114): the median home is worth $266,200 and the median rent is $1,145. Average daily highs of 84°F make it the 5th-warmest base by that measure (tied).

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA AZ015, HUD rents for ZIP 85708, Census ACS for Tucson city, NOAA normals at Tucson International Airport, AZ. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base?

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,428/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base: $1,428

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,900/mo
BAH vs that rent: $472/mo short

Key facts for living at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

Key facts for living at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Host state	Arizona
State income tax	Flat 2.5%
Top state income-tax rate	2.5%
Average sales tax (state + local)	8.52%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.48%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	Yes — 1.68% effective
Median home value	$425,807
Military housing area	AZ015 — DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, AZ
Climate (annual high / low)	84° / 57°F
Annual precipitation	10.6 in
Official site	Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (AZ015).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 85707).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Pima County is $1,402/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an AZ driver license within 10 days and title the car within 15 days. See Arizona.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Davis-Monthan Air Force Base site.

How Davis-Monthan Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $1,905).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Davis-Monthan 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 Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AZ015). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Pima County $1,402.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 85708 (Tucson) $1,900 / $2,640.
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 Tucson city, Arizona ($266,200, $1,145/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Tucson International Airport, AZ (USW00023160).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Arizona 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 Arizona. 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 Arizona. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Arizona motor-vehicle agency (license 10 days, title 15 days; title tax 5.60%). 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 Arizona. 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 Arizona. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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