Scott Air Force Base: BAH and housing

Scott Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Belleville, Illinois. E-5 BAH with dependents is $1,542 a month, the 15th-lowest of the 119 bases we track, $38 less than the $1,580 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 62221. In Belleville, the median home value is $141,300 and the median rent is $1,019, one of the most affordable markets on the list (5th-lowest of 114). Normal daily temperatures run from 46°F to 69°F on average, with 43 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA IL093, HUD rents for ZIP 62221, Census ACS for Belleville city, NOAA normals at Belleville SIU Research, IL. Jump to sources · Methodology

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

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,422/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Scott Air Force Base: $1,422

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,230/mo
BAH vs that rent: $192/mo left over

Key facts for living at Scott Air Force Base

Key facts for living at Scott Air Force Base
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	IL093 — SCOTT AFB, IL
Climate (annual high / low)	69° / 46°F
Annual precipitation	43.4 in
Official site	Scott Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for Scott Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (IL093).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 62225).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in St. Clair County is $1,218/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an IL driver license within 90 days and title the car within 30 days. See Illinois.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Scott Air Force Base site.

How Scott Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $1,542).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Scott 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 Scott Air Force Base (IL093). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — St. Clair County $1,218.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 62221 (Belleville) $1,230 / $1,580.
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 Belleville city, Illinois ($141,300, $1,019/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Belleville SIU Research, IL (USW00013802).
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.

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