BAH 2026Military housing area VA301
Richmond/Fort Lee, VA BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Richmond/Fort Lee, VA military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 71 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page5 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $2,358a monthtied for 119th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,866a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,760a monthtied for 135th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 71in this DoD area
Richmond/Fort Lee, VA pays $2,358 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 119th 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 VA301. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $2,157 | $1,728 |
| E‑2 | $2,157 | $1,728 |
| E‑3 | $2,157 | $1,728 |
| E‑4 | $2,157 | $1,728 |
| E‑5 | $2,358 | $1,866 |
| E‑6 | $2,628 | $1,971 |
| E‑7 | $2,676 | $2,163 |
| E‑8 | $2,727 | $2,418 |
| E‑9 | $2,835 | $2,490 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,646 | $2,094 |
| W‑2 | $2,694 | $2,415 |
| W‑3 | $2,763 | $2,502 |
| W‑4 | $2,862 | $2,631 |
| W‑5 | $2,991 | $2,685 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,682 | $2,355 |
| O‑2E | $2,751 | $2,475 |
| O‑3E | $2,883 | $2,619 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $2,400 | $1,950 |
| O‑2 | $2,625 | $2,295 |
| O‑3 | $2,760 | $2,526 |
| O‑4 | $3,030 | $2,670 |
| O‑5 | $3,231 | $2,694 |
| O‑6 | $3,255 | $2,739 |
| O‑7 | $3,276 | $2,784 |
| O‑8† | $3,276 | $2,784 |
| O‑9† | $3,276 | $2,784 |
| O‑10† | $3,276 | $2,784 |
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 71 ZIP codes in Richmond/Fort Lee, VA (VA301). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 23801, the ZIP of Fort Lee, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 71 ZIP codesAll 71 ZIP codes
- 230xx
- 23058 23059 23060 23075
- 231xx
- 23112 23113 23114 23120 23150 23173
- 232xx
- 23218 23219 23220 23221 23222 23223 23224 23225 23226 23227 23228 23229 23230 23231 23232 23233 23234 23235 23236 23237 23238 23241 23242 23249 23250 23255 23260 23261 23269 23273 23274 23276 23278 23279 23282 23284 23285 23286 23288 23289 23290 23291 23292 23293 23294 23295 23297 23298
- 238xx
- 23801 23803 23804 23805 23806 23831 23832 23834 23836 23838 23842 23860 23875
Installations whose address is in this area
Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in VA301; the ZIP shown is the one in each installation’s main contact address.
Other areas in Virginia
Areas whose DoD code starts with VA, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
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.