FE Warren Air Force Base: BAH and housing

FE Warren Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. For an E-5 with dependents, the housing allowance comes to $1,653 a month (91st-highest of 119 among the bases we track), roughly equal to the $1,630 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 82010. Homes in Cheyenne have a median value of $333,700 (median rent $1,118), which makes it a mid-range market among the bases we cover (39th-highest of 114). Wyoming does not tax wage income, which can matter for a working spouse; see all bases in no-income-tax states.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA WY324, HUD rents for ZIP 82010, Census ACS for Cheyenne city, NOAA normals at Cheyenne, WY. Jump to sources · Methodology

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

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,326/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

FE Warren Air Force Base: $1,326

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,170/mo
BAH vs that rent: $156/mo left over

Key facts for living at FE Warren Air Force Base

Key facts for living at FE Warren Air Force Base
Host state	Wyoming
State income tax	None on wages (bases in no-income-tax states)
Top state income-tax rate	0.0%
Average sales tax (state + local)	5.56%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.53%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	Yes — 1.80% effective
Median home value	$366,235
Military housing area	WY324 — CHEYENNE, WY
Climate (annual high / low)	59° / 35°F
Annual precipitation	15.4 in
Official site	FE Warren Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for FE Warren Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (WY324).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 82005).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Laramie County is $1,174/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get a WY driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Wyoming.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official FE Warren Air Force Base site.

How FE Warren Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $1,653).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include FE Warren 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 FE Warren Air Force Base (WY324). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Laramie County $1,174.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 82010 (Cheyenne) $1,170 / $1,630.
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 Cheyenne city, Wyoming ($333,700, $1,118/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Cheyenne, WY (USW00024018).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Wyoming 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 Wyoming. 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 Wyoming. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Wyoming motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 4.00%). 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 Wyoming. 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 Wyoming. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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