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Fort Drum: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Fort Drum?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$1,422/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Fort Drum
- $1,422
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $1,290/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $132/mo left over
Key facts for living at Fort Drum
| Host state | New York |
|---|---|
| State income tax | 4%–10.9% state; NYC adds local tax |
| Top state income-tax rate | 10.9% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 8.54% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 1.30% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | No |
| Median home value | $513,450 |
| Military housing area | NY225 — FORT DRUM/WATERTOWN, NY |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 55° / 35°F |
| Annual precipitation | 37.1 in |
| Official site | Fort Drum |
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PCS checklist for Fort Drum
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (NY225).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 13602).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Jefferson County is $1,405/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a NY driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See New York.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Fort Drum site.
PCS from Fort Drum
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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 Drum (NY225). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Jefferson County $1,405.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 13601 (Watertown) $1,290 / $1,750.
- 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 Watertown city, New York ($158,600, $967/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Watertown (NWS) (USW00094790).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for New York 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 New York. 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 New York. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. New York motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 8.00%). 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 New York. 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 New York. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.