Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall: BAH and housing

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall is a joint base shared by the Army and Marine Corps in Arlington, Virginia. For an E-5 with dependents, the housing allowance comes to $3,132 a month, tied for the 15th-highest of the 119 bases we track, $338 less than the $3,470 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 22209. Homes in Arlington have a median value of $895,000 (median rent $2,322), which makes it one of the pricier markets on the list (6th-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 22209, Census ACS for Arlington CDP, NOAA normals at Washington Reagan National Airport, VA. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall?

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 Myer-Henderson Hall: $2,832

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $2,750/mo
BAH vs that rent: $82/mo left over

Key facts for living at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall

Key facts for living at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
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	DC053 — WASHINGTON, DC METRO AREA
Climate (annual high / low)	68° / 51°F
Annual precipitation	41.8 in
Official site	Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall

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PCS checklist for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall

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 22211).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Arlington County is $2,246/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 Myer-Henderson Hall site.

How Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Fort Hamilton ($5,070 vs $3,132).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall 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 Myer-Henderson Hall (DC053). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Arlington 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: 22209 (Arlington) $2,750 / $3,470.
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 Arlington CDP, Virginia ($895,000, $2,322/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 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