Wright-Patterson Air Force Base: BAH and housing

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio. An E-5 with dependents receives $1,650 a month in BAH here (92nd-highest of 119 among the bases we track), $170 less than the $1,820 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 45424. Dayton is the most affordable market on the list (114 bases with Census home values): the median home is worth $100,600 and the median rent is $918. Normal daily temperatures run from 44°F to 63°F on average, with 41 inches of precipitation a year.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA OH231, HUD rents for ZIP 45424, Census ACS for Dayton city, NOAA normals at Dayton International Airport, OH. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

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

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,341/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base: $1,341

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,400/mo
BAH vs that rent: $59/mo short

Key facts for living at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Key facts for living at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Host state	Ohio
State income tax	Top listed rate 2.75%
Top state income-tax rate	2.75%
Average sales tax (state + local)	7.29%
Average property tax (real estate)	1.36%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$247,931
Military housing area	OH231 — WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OH
Climate (annual high / low)	63° / 44°F
Annual precipitation	41.3 in
Official site	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (OH231).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 45433).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Greene County is $1,273/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an OH driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Ohio.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Wright-Patterson Air Force Base site.

How Wright-Patterson Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $1,650).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Wright-Patterson 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 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (OH231). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Greene County $1,273.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 45424 (Dayton) $1,400 / $1,820.
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 Dayton city, Ohio ($100,600, $918/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Dayton International Airport, OH (USW00093815).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Ohio 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 Ohio. 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 Ohio. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Ohio motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 5.75%). 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 Ohio. 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 Ohio. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

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