Joint Base Andrews: BAH and housing

Joint Base Andrews is a joint base shared by the Air Force and Navy in Camp Springs, Maryland. E-5 BAH with dependents is $3,132 a month, tied for the 15th-highest of the 119 bases we track, $738 less than the $3,870 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 20762. In Camp Springs, the median home value is $415,000 and the median rent is $2,231, a higher-cost market among the bases we cover (29th-highest of 114). 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 20762, Census ACS for Camp Springs CDP, NOAA normals at Washington Reagan National Airport, VA. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Joint Base Andrews?

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 Andrews: $2,832

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $3,070/mo
BAH vs that rent: $238/mo short

Key facts for living at Joint Base Andrews

Key facts for living at Joint Base Andrews
Host state	Maryland
State income tax	Top listed rate 6.5%
Top state income-tax rate	6.5%
Average sales tax (state + local)	6.00%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.92%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$434,258
Military housing area	DC053 — WASHINGTON, DC METRO AREA
Climate (annual high / low)	68° / 51°F
Annual precipitation	41.8 in
Official site	Joint Base Andrews

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PCS checklist for Joint Base Andrews

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 20762).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Prince George's County is $2,246/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an MD driver license within 60 days and title the car within 60 days. See Maryland.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Joint Base Andrews site.

How Joint Base Andrews 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 Andrews 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 Andrews (DC053). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Prince George's County $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: 20762 (Camp Springs) $3,070 / $3,870.
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 Camp Springs CDP, Maryland ($415,000, $2,231/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 Maryland 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 Maryland. 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 Maryland. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Maryland motor-vehicle agency (license 60 days, title 60 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 Maryland. 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 Maryland. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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