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Fort Lee: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Fort Lee?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$1,866/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Fort Lee
- $1,866
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $1,540/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $326/mo left over
Key facts for living at Fort Lee
| Host state | Virginia |
|---|---|
| State income tax | Top listed rate 5.75% |
| Top state income-tax rate | 5.75% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 5.77% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 0.78% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | Yes — 3.97% effective |
| Median home value | $416,963 |
| Military housing area | VA301 — RICHMOND/FORT LEE, VA |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 68° / 48°F |
| Annual precipitation | 42.8 in |
| Official site | Fort Lee |
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PCS checklist for Fort Lee
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (VA301).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 23801).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Prince George County is $1,655/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a VA driver license within 60 days and title the car within 30 days. See Virginia.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Fort Lee site.
PCS from Fort Lee
Only installations that share a tenant service with Fort Lee.
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PCS to Fort Lee
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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 Lee (VA301). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Prince George County $1,655.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 23804 (Petersburg) $1,540 / $1,950.
- 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 Petersburg city, Virginia ($189,000, $1,174/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Richmond Intl (NWS) (USW00013741).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Virginia 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 Virginia. 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 Virginia. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Virginia motor-vehicle agency (license 60 days, title 30 days; title tax 5.30%). 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 Virginia. 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 Virginia. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.