Redstone Arsenal: BAH and housing

Redstone Arsenal is an Army post in Huntsville, Alabama. E-5 BAH with dependents is $1,797 a month (82nd-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $67 more than the $1,730 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 35807. In Huntsville, the median home value is $293,600 and the median rent is $1,171, a mid-range market among the bases we cover (50th-highest of 114). It gets 54 inches of precipitation in a normal year, tied for the 12th-wettest of the bases we track.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA AL003, HUD rents for ZIP 35807, Census ACS for Huntsville city, NOAA normals at Huntsville International Airport, AL. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Redstone Arsenal?

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,443/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Redstone Arsenal: $1,443

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,340/mo
BAH vs that rent: $103/mo left over

Key facts for living at Redstone Arsenal

Key facts for living at Redstone Arsenal
Host state	Alabama
State income tax	Top listed rate 5.0%
Top state income-tax rate	5.0%
Average sales tax (state + local)	9.46%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.37%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	Yes — 0.70% effective
Median home value	$238,703
Military housing area	AL003 — HUNTSVILLE, AL
Climate (annual high / low)	74° / 52°F
Annual precipitation	54.3 in
Official site	Redstone Arsenal

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PCS checklist for Redstone Arsenal

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (AL003).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 35898).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Madison County is $1,310/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an AL driver license within 30 days and title the car within 20 days. See Alabama.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Redstone Arsenal site.

How Redstone Arsenal compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Fort Hamilton ($5,070 vs $1,797).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Redstone Arsenal 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 Redstone Arsenal (AL003). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Madison County $1,310.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 35807 (Huntsville) $1,340 / $1,730.
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 Huntsville city, Alabama ($293,600, $1,171/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Huntsville International Airport, AL (USW00003856).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Alabama 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 Alabama. 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 Alabama. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Alabama motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 20 days; title tax 4.00%). 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 Alabama. 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 Alabama. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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