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Naval Station Great Lakes: BAH and local costs
What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Naval Station Great Lakes?
This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.
$1,854/mo
Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.
- Naval Station Great Lakes
- $1,854
- Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby
- $2,340/mo
- BAH vs that rent
- $486/mo short
Key facts for living at Naval Station Great Lakes
| Host state | Illinois |
|---|---|
| State income tax | Flat 4.95% |
| Top state income-tax rate | 4.95% |
| Average sales tax (state + local) | 8.96% |
| Average property tax (real estate) | 1.88% |
| Personal property tax (vehicles) | No |
| Median home value | $292,979 |
| Military housing area | IL092 — GREAT LAKES NAVTRACEN, IL |
| Climate (annual high / low) | 60° / 43°F |
| Annual precipitation | 37.9 in |
| Official site | Naval Station Great Lakes |
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PCS checklist for Naval Station Great Lakes
- Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (IL092).
- Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 60088).
- Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Lake County is $1,781/mo. On-base housing is separate.
- Get a IL driver license within 90 days and title the car within 30 days. See Illinois.
- Confirm reporting instructions on the official Naval Station Great Lakes site.
PCS from Naval Station Great Lakes
Only installations that share a tenant service with Naval Station Great Lakes.
Great Lakes → JBABNaval Station Great Lakes to Joint Base Anacostia-BollingGreat Lakes → AndrewsNaval Station Great Lakes to Joint Base AndrewsGreat Lakes → JB CharlestonNaval Station Great Lakes to Joint Base CharlestonGreat Lakes → JBMDLNaval Station Great Lakes to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-LakehurstGreat Lakes → JBPHHNaval Station Great Lakes to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamGreat Lakes → NAS CorpusNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS Corpus ChristiGreat Lakes → FallonNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS FallonGreat Lakes → NAS JaxNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS JacksonvilleGreat Lakes → Key WestNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS Key WestGreat Lakes → LemooreNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS LemooreGreat Lakes → OceanaNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS OceanaGreat Lakes → Pax RiverNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS Patuxent RiverGreat Lakes → NASPNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS PensacolaGreat Lakes → WhidbeyNaval Station Great Lakes to NAS Whidbey IslandGreat Lakes → KitsapNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Base KitsapGreat Lakes → NBSDNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Base San DiegoGreat Lakes → NBVCNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Base Ventura CountyGreat Lakes → EverettNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Station EverettGreat Lakes → MayportNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Station MayportGreat Lakes → NewportNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Station NewportGreat Lakes → NorfolkNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Station NorfolkGreat Lakes → Kings BayNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Submarine Base Kings BayGreat Lakes → New LondonNaval Station Great Lakes to Naval Submarine Base New London
PCS to Naval Station Great Lakes
JBAB → Great LakesJoint Base Anacostia-Bolling to Naval Station Great LakesAndrews → Great LakesJoint Base Andrews to Naval Station Great LakesJB Charleston → Great LakesJoint Base Charleston to Naval Station Great LakesJBMDL → Great LakesJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Naval Station Great LakesJBPHH → Great LakesJoint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to Naval Station Great LakesNAS Corpus → Great LakesNAS Corpus Christi to Naval Station Great LakesFallon → Great LakesNAS Fallon to Naval Station Great LakesNAS Jax → Great LakesNAS Jacksonville to Naval Station Great LakesKey West → Great LakesNAS Key West to Naval Station Great LakesLemoore → Great LakesNAS Lemoore to Naval Station Great LakesOceana → Great LakesNAS Oceana to Naval Station Great LakesPax River → Great LakesNAS Patuxent River to Naval Station Great LakesNASP → Great LakesNAS Pensacola to Naval Station Great LakesWhidbey → Great LakesNAS Whidbey Island to Naval Station Great LakesKitsap → Great LakesNaval Base Kitsap to Naval Station Great LakesNBSD → Great LakesNaval Base San Diego to Naval Station Great LakesNBVC → Great LakesNaval Base Ventura County to Naval Station Great LakesEverett → Great LakesNaval Station Everett to Naval Station Great LakesMayport → Great LakesNaval Station Mayport to Naval Station Great LakesNewport → Great LakesNaval Station Newport to Naval Station Great LakesNorfolk → Great LakesNaval Station Norfolk to Naval Station Great LakesKings Bay → Great LakesNaval Submarine Base Kings Bay to Naval Station Great LakesNew London → Great LakesNaval Submarine Base New London to Naval Station Great Lakes
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 Station Great Lakes (IL092). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
- 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Lake County $1,781.
- Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 60088 (North Chicago) $2,340 / $3,010.
- 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 North Chicago city, Illinois ($159,600, $1,426/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
- Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Chicago O'Hare (NWS) (USW00094846).
- Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Illinois 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 Illinois. 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 Illinois. On-base housing is not in this figure.
- Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Illinois motor-vehicle agency (license 90 days, title 30 days; title tax 6.25%). 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 Illinois. 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 Illinois. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.