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Fort Irwin: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Fort Irwin?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$1,695/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Fort Irwin
- $1,695
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $2,130/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $435/mo short
Key facts for living at Fort Irwin
| Host state | California |
|---|---|
| State income tax | 1%–12.3%, plus 1% over $1M (13.3% top) |
| Top state income-tax rate | 13.3% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 8.99% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 0.70% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | Yes — 0.65% effective |
| Median home value | $778,217 |
| Military housing area | CA028 — BARSTOW/FORT IRWIN, CA |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 80° / 60°F |
| Annual precipitation | 4.2 in |
| Official site | Fort Irwin |
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PCS checklist for Fort Irwin
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (CA028).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 92310).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in San Bernardino County is $2,201/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a CA driver license within 10 days and title the car within 20 days. See California.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Fort Irwin site.
PCS from Fort Irwin
Only installations that share a tenant service with Fort Irwin.
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PCS to Fort Irwin
APG → IrwinAberdeen Proving Ground to Fort IrwinCarlisle → IrwinCarlisle Barracks to Fort IrwinBelvoir → IrwinFort Belvoir to Fort IrwinBenning → IrwinFort Benning to Fort IrwinBliss → IrwinFort Bliss to Fort IrwinBragg → IrwinFort Bragg to Fort IrwinCampbell → IrwinFort Campbell to Fort IrwinCarson → IrwinFort Carson to Fort IrwinDetrick → IrwinFort Detrick to Fort IrwinDrum → IrwinFort Drum to Fort IrwinGordon → IrwinFort Gordon to Fort IrwinHamilton → IrwinFort Hamilton to Fort IrwinHood → IrwinFort Hood to Fort IrwinHuachuca → IrwinFort Huachuca to Fort IrwinJackson → IrwinFort Jackson to Fort IrwinKnox → IrwinFort Knox to Fort IrwinLeavenworth → IrwinFort Leavenworth to Fort IrwinLee → IrwinFort Lee to Fort IrwinFLW → IrwinFort Leonard Wood to Fort IrwinMcCoy → IrwinFort McCoy to Fort IrwinMeade → IrwinFort Meade to Fort IrwinPolk → IrwinFort Polk to Fort IrwinRiley → IrwinFort Riley to Fort IrwinRucker → IrwinFort Rucker to Fort IrwinSill → IrwinFort Sill to Fort IrwinStewart → IrwinFort Stewart to Fort IrwinWainwright → IrwinFort Wainwright to Fort IrwinJBER → IrwinJoint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Fort IrwinJBLE → IrwinJoint Base Langley-Eustis to Fort IrwinJBLM → IrwinJoint Base Lewis-McChord to Fort IrwinJBMDL → IrwinJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Fort IrwinJBMHH → IrwinJoint Base Myer-Henderson Hall to Fort IrwinJBSA → IrwinJoint Base San Antonio to Fort IrwinRedstone → IrwinRedstone Arsenal to Fort IrwinSchofield → IrwinSchofield Barracks to Fort IrwinWest Point → IrwinUSMA West Point to Fort Irwin
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 Irwin (CA028). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — San Bernardino County $2,201.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 92312 (Barstow) $2,130 / $2,820.
- 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 Barstow city, California ($245,000, $1,091/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Las Vegas McCarran (NWS) (USW00023169).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for California 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 California. 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 California. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. California motor-vehicle agency (license 10 days, title 20 days; title tax 7.25%). 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 California. 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 California. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.