Army · Columbus, GA

Fort Benning: BAH and housing

Fort Benning is an Army post in Columbus, Georgia (formerly Fort Moore). An E-5 with dependents receives $1,716 a month in BAH here (86th-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $396 more than the $1,320 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 31903. Columbus is a lower-cost market among the bases we cover (27th-lowest of 114): the median home is worth $193,900 and the median rent is $1,106. Normal daily temperatures run from 56°F to 77°F on average, with 49 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA GA075, HUD rents for ZIP 31903, Census ACS for Columbus city, NOAA normals at Columbus Metro Airport, GA. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Fort Benning?

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,482/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Fort Benning: $1,482

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,000/mo
BAH vs that rent: $482/mo left over

Key facts for living at Fort Benning

Key facts for living at Fort Benning
Host state	Georgia
State income tax	Top listed rate 5.19%
Top state income-tax rate	5.19%
Average sales tax (state + local)	7.49%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.79%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$335,116
Military housing area	GA075 — FORT BENNING, GA
Climate (annual high / low)	77° / 56°F
Annual precipitation	48.8 in
Official site	Fort Benning

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PCS checklist for Fort Benning

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (GA075).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 31905).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Chattahoochee County is $1,088/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get a GA driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Georgia.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Fort Benning site.

How Fort Benning compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Fort Hamilton ($5,070 vs $1,716).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Fort Benning are listed here.

Benning → StewartFort Benning to Fort Stewart

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 Fort Benning (GA075). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Chattahoochee County $1,088.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 31903 (Columbus) $1,000 / $1,320.
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 Columbus city, Georgia ($193,900, $1,106/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Columbus Metro Airport, GA (USW00093842).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Georgia 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 Georgia. 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 Georgia. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Georgia motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 7.00%). 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 Georgia. 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 Georgia. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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