Keesler Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Biloxi, Mississippi. For an E-5 with dependents, the housing allowance comes to $1,602 a month (98th-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $292 more than the $1,310 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 39530. Homes in Biloxi have a median value of $225,100 (median rent $1,089), which makes it a mid-range market among the bases we cover (77th-highest of 114). It gets 63 inches of precipitation in a normal year, the 3rd-wettest of the bases we track.
Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA MS168, HUD rents for ZIP 39530, Census ACS for Biloxi city, NOAA normals at Gulfport-Biloxi Airport, MS. Jump to sources · Methodology
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Keesler Air Force Base?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $1,602).
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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.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent.HUD FY2026 FMR — Harrison County $1,140.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 39530 (Biloxi) $1,010 / $1,310.
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 Biloxi city, Mississippi ($225,100, $1,089/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Mississippi 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.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks.Mississippi motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 7.00%). 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 Mississippi. 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 Mississippi. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.