BAH 2026Military housing area VA303
Lexington, VA BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Lexington, VA military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 34 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,536a monthtied for 277th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,275a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,130a month258th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 34in this DoD area
Lexington, VA pays $1,536 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 277th 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 VA303. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,437 | $1,188 |
| E‑2 | $1,437 | $1,188 |
| E‑3 | $1,437 | $1,188 |
| E‑4 | $1,437 | $1,188 |
| E‑5 | $1,536 | $1,275 |
| E‑6 | $1,995 | $1,497 |
| E‑7 | $2,046 | $1,536 |
| E‑8 | $2,097 | $1,632 |
| E‑9 | $2,211 | $1,767 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,016 | $1,512 |
| W‑2 | $2,067 | $1,629 |
| W‑3 | $2,133 | $1,782 |
| W‑4 | $2,241 | $2,004 |
| W‑5 | $2,379 | $2,055 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,052 | $1,542 |
| O‑2E | $2,121 | $1,734 |
| O‑3E | $2,262 | $1,989 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,596 | $1,335 |
| O‑2 | $1,992 | $1,539 |
| O‑3 | $2,130 | $1,827 |
| O‑4 | $2,421 | $2,040 |
| O‑5 | $2,634 | $2,064 |
| O‑6 | $2,652 | $2,109 |
| O‑7 | $2,670 | $2,142 |
| O‑8† | $2,670 | $2,142 |
| O‑9† | $2,670 | $2,142 |
| O‑10† | $2,670 | $2,142 |
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 34 ZIP codes in Lexington, VA (VA303). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 24415, one ZIP in this area.
Show all 34 ZIP codesAll 34 ZIP codes
- 244xx
- 24415 24416 24435 24439 24450 24472 24473 24483
- 245xx
- 24501 24502 24503 24504 24505 24506 24513 24514 24515 24517 24521 24528 24533 24538 24550 24554 24555 24569 24571 24572 24574 24576 24578 24579 24588 24595
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.