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Fort Meade: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Fort Meade?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$2,436/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Fort Meade
- $2,436
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $2,530/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $94/mo short
Key facts for living at Fort Meade
| Host state | Maryland |
|---|---|
| State income tax | Top listed rate 6.5% |
| Top state income-tax rate | 6.5% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 6.00% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 0.92% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | No |
| Median home value | $434,258 |
| Military housing area | MD133 — FORT G. G. MEADE, MD |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 67° / 46°F |
| Annual precipitation | 45.0 in |
| Official site | Fort Meade |
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PCS checklist for Fort Meade
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (MD133).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 20755).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Anne Arundel County is $1,857/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a MD driver license within 60 days and title the car within 60 days. See Maryland.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Fort Meade site.
PCS from Fort Meade
Only installations that share a tenant service with Fort Meade.
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PCS to Fort Meade
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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 Meade (MD133). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Anne Arundel County $1,857.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 20755 (Fort Meade) $2,530 / $3,210.
- Off-base city home value and rent. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year 2020–2024 tables B25077 (median value of owner-occupied homes) and B25064 (median gross rent) for Fort Meade CDP, Maryland ($-666,666,666, $2,435/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Baltimore-Washington Intl (NWS) (USW00093721).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Maryland 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 Maryland. 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 Maryland. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Maryland motor-vehicle agency (license 60 days, title 60 days; title tax 6.00%). 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 Maryland. 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 Maryland. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.