Joint Base Langley-Eustis: BAH and housing

Joint Base Langley-Eustis is a joint base shared by the Air Force and Army in Hampton, Virginia. E-5 BAH with dependents is $2,274 a month (52nd-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $54 more than the $2,220 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 23670. In Hampton, the median home value is $245,700 and the median rent is $1,427, a mid-range market among the bases we cover (70th-highest of 114). Normal daily temperatures run from 51°F to 68°F on average, with 48 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA VA297, HUD rents for ZIP 23670, Census ACS for Hampton city, NOAA normals at Langley AFB, VA. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis?

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,779/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Joint Base Langley-Eustis: $1,779

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,600/mo
BAH vs that rent: $179/mo left over

Key facts for living at Joint Base Langley-Eustis

Key facts for living at Joint Base Langley-Eustis
Host state	Virginia
State income tax	Top listed rate 5.75%
Top state income-tax rate	5.75%
Average sales tax (state + local)	5.77%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.78%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	Yes — 3.97% effective
Median home value	$416,963
Military housing area	VA297 — HAMPTON/NEWPORT NEWS, VA
Climate (annual high / low)	68° / 51°F
Annual precipitation	47.8 in
Official site	Joint Base Langley-Eustis

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PCS checklist for Joint Base Langley-Eustis

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (VA297).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 23665).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Hampton city is $1,713/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get a VA driver license within 60 days and title the car within 30 days. See Virginia.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Joint Base Langley-Eustis site.

How Joint Base Langley-Eustis compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Fort Hamilton ($5,070 vs $2,274).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Joint Base Langley-Eustis 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 Langley-Eustis (VA297). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Hampton city $1,713.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 23670 (Hampton) $1,600 / $2,220.
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 Hampton city, Virginia ($245,700, $1,427/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Langley AFB, VA (USW00013702).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Virginia 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 Virginia. 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 Virginia. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Virginia motor-vehicle agency (license 60 days, title 30 days; title tax 5.30%). 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 Virginia. 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 Virginia. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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