Luke Air Force Base: BAH and housing

Luke Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Glendale, Arizona. An E-5 with dependents receives $2,289 a month in BAH here (50th-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $161 less than the $2,450 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 85311. Glendale is a higher-cost market among the bases we cover (33rd-highest of 114): the median home is worth $387,500 and the median rent is $1,528. Average daily highs of 86°F make it the 2nd-warmest base by that measure.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA AZ013, HUD rents for ZIP 85311, Census ACS for Glendale city, NOAA normals at Litchfield Park, AZ. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Luke Air Force Base?

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,740/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Luke Air Force Base: $1,740

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,840/mo
BAH vs that rent: $100/mo short

Key facts for living at Luke Air Force Base

Key facts for living at Luke Air Force Base
Host state	Arizona
State income tax	Flat 2.5%
Top state income-tax rate	2.5%
Average sales tax (state + local)	8.52%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.48%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	Yes — 1.68% effective
Median home value	$425,807
Military housing area	AZ013 — PHOENIX, AZ
Climate (annual high / low)	86° / 60°F
Annual precipitation	8.2 in
Official site	Luke Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for Luke Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (AZ013).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 85309).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Maricopa County is $1,839/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an AZ driver license within 10 days and title the car within 15 days. See Arizona.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Luke Air Force Base site.

How Luke Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $2,289).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Luke Air Force Base are listed here.

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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 Luke Air Force Base (AZ013). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Maricopa County $1,839.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 85311 (Glendale) $1,840 / $2,450.
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 Glendale city, Arizona ($387,500, $1,528/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Litchfield Park, AZ (USC00024977).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Arizona 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 Arizona. 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 Arizona. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Arizona motor-vehicle agency (license 10 days, title 15 days; title tax 5.60%). 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 Arizona. 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 Arizona. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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