Grand Forks Air Force Base: BAH and housing

Grand Forks Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Grand Forks, North Dakota. E-5 BAH with dependents is $1,731 a month (84th-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $309 less than the $2,040 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 58202. In Grand Forks, the median home value is $249,900 and the median rent is $980, a mid-range market among the bases we cover (68th-highest of 114). Average daily lows of 29°F make it the 2nd-coldest base by that measure.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA ND190, HUD rents for ZIP 58202, Census ACS for Grand Forks city, NOAA normals at Grand Forks International Airport, ND. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Grand Forks Air Force Base?

This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,299/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Grand Forks Air Force Base: $1,299

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,470/mo
BAH vs that rent: $171/mo short

Key facts for living at Grand Forks Air Force Base

Key facts for living at Grand Forks Air Force Base
Host state	North Dakota
State income tax	Top listed rate 2.5%
Top state income-tax rate	2.5%
Average sales tax (state + local)	7.09%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.92%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$289,692
Military housing area	ND190 — GRAND FORKS, ND
Climate (annual high / low)	51° / 29°F
Annual precipitation	21.7 in
Official site	Grand Forks Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for Grand Forks Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (ND190).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 58204).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Grand Forks County is $1,089/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an ND driver license within 60 days and title the car within 30 days. See North Dakota.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Grand Forks Air Force Base site.

How Grand Forks Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $1,731).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Grand Forks Air Force Base 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 Grand Forks Air Force Base (ND190). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Grand Forks County $1,089.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 58202 (Grand Forks) $1,470 / $2,040.
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 Grand Forks city, North Dakota ($249,900, $980/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Grand Forks International Airport, ND (USW00014916).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for North Dakota 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 North Dakota. 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 North Dakota. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. North Dakota motor-vehicle agency (license 60 days, title 30 days; title tax 5.00%). 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 North Dakota. 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 North Dakota. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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