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Fort Riley: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Fort Riley?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$1,158/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Fort Riley
- $1,158
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $1,050/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $108/mo left over
Key facts for living at Fort Riley
| Host state | Kansas |
|---|---|
| State income tax | Top listed rate 5.58% |
| Top state income-tax rate | 5.58% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 8.69% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 1.21% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | Yes — 1.93% effective |
| Median home value | $248,965 |
| Military housing area | KS100 — FORT RILEY, KS |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 69° / 46°F |
| Annual precipitation | 34.3 in |
| Official site | Fort Riley |
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PCS checklist for Fort Riley
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (KS100).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 66442).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Geary County is $1,048/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a KS driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Kansas.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Fort Riley site.
PCS from Fort Riley
Only installations that share a tenant service with Fort Riley.
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PCS to Fort Riley
APG → RileyAberdeen Proving Ground to Fort RileyCarlisle → RileyCarlisle Barracks to Fort RileyBelvoir → RileyFort Belvoir to Fort RileyBenning → RileyFort Benning to Fort RileyBliss → RileyFort Bliss to Fort RileyBragg → RileyFort Bragg to Fort RileyCampbell → RileyFort Campbell to Fort RileyCarson → RileyFort Carson to Fort RileyDetrick → RileyFort Detrick to Fort RileyDrum → RileyFort Drum to Fort RileyGordon → RileyFort Gordon to Fort RileyHamilton → RileyFort Hamilton to Fort RileyHood → RileyFort Hood to Fort RileyHuachuca → RileyFort Huachuca to Fort RileyIrwin → RileyFort Irwin to Fort RileyJackson → RileyFort Jackson to Fort RileyKnox → RileyFort Knox to Fort RileyLeavenworth → RileyFort Leavenworth to Fort RileyLee → RileyFort Lee to Fort RileyFLW → RileyFort Leonard Wood to Fort RileyMcCoy → RileyFort McCoy to Fort RileyMeade → RileyFort Meade to Fort RileyPolk → RileyFort Polk to Fort RileyRucker → RileyFort Rucker to Fort RileySill → RileyFort Sill to Fort RileyStewart → RileyFort Stewart to Fort RileyWainwright → RileyFort Wainwright to Fort RileyJBER → RileyJoint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Fort RileyJBLE → RileyJoint Base Langley-Eustis to Fort RileyJBLM → RileyJoint Base Lewis-McChord to Fort RileyJBMDL → RileyJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Fort RileyJBMHH → RileyJoint Base Myer-Henderson Hall to Fort RileyJBSA → RileyJoint Base San Antonio to Fort RileyRedstone → RileyRedstone Arsenal to Fort RileySchofield → RileySchofield Barracks to Fort RileyWest Point → RileyUSMA West Point to Fort Riley
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 Riley (KS100). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Geary County $1,048.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 66441 (Junction City) $1,050 / $1,460.
- 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 Junction City city, Kansas ($171,500, $1,024/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Wichita (NWS) (USW00003928).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Kansas 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 Kansas. 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 Kansas. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Kansas motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 6.50%). 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 Kansas. 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 Kansas. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.