Moody Air Force Base: BAH and housing

Moody Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Valdosta, Georgia. For an E-5 with dependents, the housing allowance comes to $1,524 a month, the 14th-lowest of the 119 bases we track, $446 less than the $1,970 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 31605. Homes in Valdosta have a median value of $182,800 (median rent $1,054), which makes it a lower-cost market among the bases we cover (18th-lowest of 114). Normal daily temperatures run from 55°F to 79°F on average, with 48 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA GA081, HUD rents for ZIP 31605, Census ACS for Valdosta city, NOAA normals at Valdosta Regional Airport, GA. Jump to sources · Methodology

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

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,416/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Moody Air Force Base: $1,416

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,480/mo
BAH vs that rent: $64/mo short

Key facts for living at Moody Air Force Base

Key facts for living at Moody Air Force Base
Host state	Georgia
State income tax	Top listed rate 5.19%
Top state income-tax rate	5.19%
Average sales tax (state + local)	7.49%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.79%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$335,116
Military housing area	GA081 — MOODY AFB, GA
Climate (annual high / low)	79° / 55°F
Annual precipitation	48.4 in
Official site	Moody Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for Moody Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (GA081).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 31699).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Lowndes County is $1,192/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get a GA driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Georgia.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Moody Air Force Base site.

How Moody Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $1,524).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Moody Air Force Base 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 Moody Air Force Base (GA081). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Lowndes County $1,192.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 31605 (Valdosta) $1,480 / $1,970.
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 Valdosta city, Georgia ($182,800, $1,054/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Valdosta Regional Airport, GA (USW00093845).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Georgia 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 Georgia. 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 Georgia. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Georgia 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 Georgia. 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 Georgia. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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