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Naval Base Ventura County: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Naval Base Ventura County?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$3,018/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Naval Base Ventura County
- $3,018
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $2,230/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $788/mo left over
Key facts for living at Naval Base Ventura County
| Host state | California |
|---|---|
| State income tax | 1%–12.3%, plus 1% over $1M (13.3% top) |
| Top state income-tax rate | 13.3% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 8.99% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 0.70% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | Yes — 0.65% effective |
| Median home value | $778,217 |
| Military housing area | CA025 — VENTURA, CA |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 73° / 52°F |
| Annual precipitation | 12.0 in |
| Official site | Naval Base Ventura County |
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PCS checklist for Naval Base Ventura County
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (CA025).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 93042).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Ventura County is $2,693/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a CA driver license within 10 days and title the car within 20 days. See California.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Naval Base Ventura County site.
PCS from Naval Base Ventura County
Only installations that share a tenant service with Naval Base Ventura County.
NBVC → JBABNaval Base Ventura County to Joint Base Anacostia-BollingNBVC → AndrewsNaval Base Ventura County to Joint Base AndrewsNBVC → JB CharlestonNaval Base Ventura County to Joint Base CharlestonNBVC → JBMDLNaval Base Ventura County to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-LakehurstNBVC → JBPHHNaval Base Ventura County to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamNBVC → NAS CorpusNaval Base Ventura County to NAS Corpus ChristiNBVC → FallonNaval Base Ventura County to NAS FallonNBVC → NAS JaxNaval Base Ventura County to NAS JacksonvilleNBVC → Key WestNaval Base Ventura County to NAS Key WestNBVC → LemooreNaval Base Ventura County to NAS LemooreNBVC → OceanaNaval Base Ventura County to NAS OceanaNBVC → Pax RiverNaval Base Ventura County to NAS Patuxent RiverNBVC → NASPNaval Base Ventura County to NAS PensacolaNBVC → WhidbeyNaval Base Ventura County to NAS Whidbey IslandNBVC → KitsapNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Base KitsapNBVC → NBSDNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Base San DiegoNBVC → EverettNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Station EverettNBVC → Great LakesNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Station Great LakesNBVC → MayportNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Station MayportNBVC → NewportNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Station NewportNBVC → NorfolkNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Station NorfolkNBVC → Kings BayNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Submarine Base Kings BayNBVC → New LondonNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Submarine Base New London
PCS to Naval Base Ventura County
JBAB → NBVCJoint Base Anacostia-Bolling to Naval Base Ventura CountyAndrews → NBVCJoint Base Andrews to Naval Base Ventura CountyJB Charleston → NBVCJoint Base Charleston to Naval Base Ventura CountyJBMDL → NBVCJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Naval Base Ventura CountyJBPHH → NBVCJoint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to Naval Base Ventura CountyNAS Corpus → NBVCNAS Corpus Christi to Naval Base Ventura CountyFallon → NBVCNAS Fallon to Naval Base Ventura CountyNAS Jax → NBVCNAS Jacksonville to Naval Base Ventura CountyKey West → NBVCNAS Key West to Naval Base Ventura CountyLemoore → NBVCNAS Lemoore to Naval Base Ventura CountyOceana → NBVCNAS Oceana to Naval Base Ventura CountyPax River → NBVCNAS Patuxent River to Naval Base Ventura CountyNASP → NBVCNAS Pensacola to Naval Base Ventura CountyWhidbey → NBVCNAS Whidbey Island to Naval Base Ventura CountyKitsap → NBVCNaval Base Kitsap to Naval Base Ventura CountyNBSD → NBVCNaval Base San Diego to Naval Base Ventura CountyEverett → NBVCNaval Station Everett to Naval Base Ventura CountyGreat Lakes → NBVCNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Base Ventura CountyMayport → NBVCNaval Station Mayport to Naval Base Ventura CountyNewport → NBVCNaval Station Newport to Naval Base Ventura CountyNorfolk → NBVCNaval Station Norfolk to Naval Base Ventura CountyKings Bay → NBVCNaval Submarine Base Kings Bay to Naval Base Ventura CountyNew London → NBVCNaval Submarine Base New London to Naval Base Ventura County
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 Naval Base Ventura County (CA025). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Ventura County $2,693.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 93033 (Oxnard) $2,230 / $3,020.
- 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 Oxnard city, California ($652,700, $2,032/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Oxnard (NWS) (USW00023136).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for California 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 California. 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 California. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. California motor-vehicle agency (license 10 days, title 20 days; title tax 7.25%). 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 California. 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 California. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.