Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling: BAH and housing

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling is a joint base shared by the Air Force and Navy in Washington, D.C. An E-5 with dependents receives $3,132 a month in BAH here, tied for the 15th-highest of the 119 bases we track, $1,072 more than the $2,060 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 20020. Washington is one of the pricier markets on the list (13th-highest of 114): the median home is worth $737,100 and the median rent is $1,954. Normal daily temperatures run from 51°F to 68°F on average, with 42 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA DC053, HUD rents for ZIP 20020, Census ACS for Washington city, NOAA normals at Washington Reagan National Airport, VA. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling?

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$2,832/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling: $2,832

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,630/mo
BAH vs that rent: $1,202/mo left over

Key facts for living at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

Key facts for living at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling
Host state	District of Columbia
State income tax	Top listed rate 10.75%
Top state income-tax rate	10.75%
Average sales tax (state + local)	6.00%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.60%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$588,045
Military housing area	DC053 — WASHINGTON, DC METRO AREA
Climate (annual high / low)	68° / 51°F
Annual precipitation	41.8 in
Official site	Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

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PCS checklist for Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (DC053).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 20032).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in the District of Columbia is $2,246/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get a DC driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See District of Columbia.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling site.

How Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is lower at Altus Air Force Base ($1,254 vs $3,132).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling 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 Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (DC053). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — District of Columbia $2,246.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 20020 (Washington) $1,630 / $2,060.
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 Washington city, District of Columbia ($737,100, $1,954/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Washington Reagan National Airport, VA (USW00013743).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for the District of Columbia 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 the District of Columbia. 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 the District of Columbia. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. The District of Columbia motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 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 the District of Columbia. 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 the District of Columbia. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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