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Fort Polk: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Fort Polk?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$1,128/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Fort Polk
- $1,128
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $1,050/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $78/mo left over
Key facts for living at Fort Polk
| Host state | Louisiana |
|---|---|
| State income tax | Top listed rate 3.0% |
| Top state income-tax rate | 3.0% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 10.11% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 0.55% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | Yes — 0.10% effective |
| Median home value | $215,842 |
| Military housing area | LA115 — FORT POLK, LA |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 78° / 62°F |
| Annual precipitation | 63.4 in |
| Official site | Fort Polk |
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PCS checklist for Fort Polk
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (LA115).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 71459).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Vernon Parish is $1,041/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a LA driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Louisiana.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Fort Polk site.
PCS from Fort Polk
Only installations that share a tenant service with Fort Polk.
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PCS to Fort Polk
APG → PolkAberdeen Proving Ground to Fort PolkCarlisle → PolkCarlisle Barracks to Fort PolkBelvoir → PolkFort Belvoir to Fort PolkBenning → PolkFort Benning to Fort PolkBliss → PolkFort Bliss to Fort PolkBragg → PolkFort Bragg to Fort PolkCampbell → PolkFort Campbell to Fort PolkCarson → PolkFort Carson to Fort PolkDetrick → PolkFort Detrick to Fort PolkDrum → PolkFort Drum to Fort PolkGordon → PolkFort Gordon to Fort PolkHamilton → PolkFort Hamilton to Fort PolkHood → PolkFort Hood to Fort PolkHuachuca → PolkFort Huachuca to Fort PolkIrwin → PolkFort Irwin to Fort PolkJackson → PolkFort Jackson to Fort PolkKnox → PolkFort Knox to Fort PolkLeavenworth → PolkFort Leavenworth to Fort PolkLee → PolkFort Lee to Fort PolkFLW → PolkFort Leonard Wood to Fort PolkMcCoy → PolkFort McCoy to Fort PolkMeade → PolkFort Meade to Fort PolkRiley → PolkFort Riley to Fort PolkRucker → PolkFort Rucker to Fort PolkSill → PolkFort Sill to Fort PolkStewart → PolkFort Stewart to Fort PolkWainwright → PolkFort Wainwright to Fort PolkJBER → PolkJoint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Fort PolkJBLE → PolkJoint Base Langley-Eustis to Fort PolkJBLM → PolkJoint Base Lewis-McChord to Fort PolkJBMDL → PolkJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Fort PolkJBMHH → PolkJoint Base Myer-Henderson Hall to Fort PolkJBSA → PolkJoint Base San Antonio to Fort PolkRedstone → PolkRedstone Arsenal to Fort PolkSchofield → PolkSchofield Barracks to Fort PolkWest Point → PolkUSMA West Point to Fort Polk
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 Polk (LA115). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Vernon Parish $1,041.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 71446 (Leesville) $1,050 / $1,340.
- 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 Leesville city, Louisiana ($118,600, $894/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Lake Charles Regional (NWS) (USW00012916).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Louisiana 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 Louisiana. 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 Louisiana. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Louisiana motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 4.45%). 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 Louisiana. 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 Louisiana. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.