BAH 2026Military housing area KY107

Lexington, KY BAH 2026

DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Lexington, KY military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 39 ZIP codes it covers.

  • In force January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
  • From DoD’s file BAH-ASCII-2026.zip
  • Verified October 13, 2026
On this page4 sections
  1. Rates by grade, 2026
  2. ZIP codes in this area
  3. Other areas in Kentucky
  4. How these rates work
E‑5 with dependents
$1,875a monthtied for 204th highest of 338
E‑5 without dependents
$1,440a month
O‑3 with dependents
$2,205a monthtied for 240th highest of 338
ZIP codes
39in this DoD area
E‑5 with dependents, 2026: this area among all 338

Lexington, KY pays $1,875 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 204th highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.

Monthly BAH by grade, 2026

The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for KY107. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.

Lexington, KY (KY107), January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026, a month
GradeWith dependentsWithout dependents
Enlisted
E‑1$1,713$1,284
E‑2$1,713$1,284
E‑3$1,713$1,284
E‑4$1,713$1,284
E‑5$1,875$1,440
E‑6$2,151$1,611
E‑7$2,172$1,716
E‑8$2,190$1,938
E‑9$2,304$2,010
Warrant officers
W‑1$2,169$1,668
W‑2$2,178$1,935
W‑3$2,208$2,022
W‑4$2,343$2,148
W‑5$2,514$2,172
Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service
O‑1E$2,175$1,872
O‑2E$2,196$1,995
O‑3E$2,370$2,142
Officers
O‑1$1,917$1,545
O‑2$2,148$1,824
O‑3$2,205$2,049
O‑4$2,571$2,160
O‑5$2,841$2,175
O‑6$2,862$2,181
O‑7$2,880$2,217
O‑8†$2,880$2,217
O‑9†$2,880$2,217
O‑10†$2,880$2,217

E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.

ZIP codes in this area

DoD’s 2026 file puts these 39 ZIP codes in Lexington, KY (KY107). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 40502, one ZIP in this area.

Show all 39 ZIP codesAll 39 ZIP codes
405xx
40502 40503 40504 40505 40506 40507 40508 40509 40510 40511 40512 40513 40514 40515 40516 40517 40522 40523 40524 40526 40533 40536 40544 40546 40550 40555 40574 40575 40576 40577 40578 40579 40580 40581 40582 40583 40588 40591 40598

Other areas in Kentucky

Areas whose DoD code starts with KY, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.

All 338 areas by state

How these rates work

  • BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
  • Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
  • ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.

Sources

Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.

  1. BAH rates, all locations and pay grades, 2026 (ASCII)Defense Travel Management Office · read
  2. 37 U.S.C. 403, Basic allowance for housingCornell LII (U.S. Code) · read