Army · Junction City, KS

Fort Riley: BAH and housing

Fort Riley is an Army post in Junction City, Kansas. E-5 BAH with dependents is $1,314 a month, the 4th-lowest of the 119 bases we track, $146 less than the $1,460 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 66441. In Junction City, the median home value is $171,500 and the median rent is $1,024, one of the most affordable markets on the list (14th-lowest of 114). Normal daily temperatures run from 43°F to 67°F on average, with 32 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA KS100, HUD rents for ZIP 66441, Census ACS for Junction City city, NOAA normals at Manhattan Municipal Airport, KS. Jump to sources · Methodology

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.

Pay grade

Dependents

$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

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)	67° / 43°F
Annual precipitation	32.2 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.

How Fort Riley compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Fort Hamilton ($5,070 vs $1,314).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Fort Riley are listed here.

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 — Manhattan Municipal Airport, KS (USW00003936).
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.

Data last updated: September 2026. How the data is compiled