Cheapest Military Bases 2026

Bases sitting on the lowest-cost local economies — your BAH goes further here. Ranked from all 146 US military installations.

Top 30 — Cheapest Military Bases
1
White Sands Missile Range
ArmyWhite Sands, New Mexico · CoL index: 53/100
$1,044/mo
E-5 BAH
2
Vance Air Force Base
Air ForceEnid, Oklahoma · CoL index: 54/100
$1,044/mo
E-5 BAH
3
Dugway Proving Ground
ArmyDugway, Utah · CoL index: 54/100
$1,170/mo
E-5 BAH
4
Fort Leonard Wood
ArmyWaynesville, Missouri · CoL index: 55/100
$1,170/mo
E-5 BAH
5
Altus Air Force Base
Air ForceAltus, Oklahoma · CoL index: 56/100
$1,098/mo
E-5 BAH
6
Cannon Air Force Base
Air ForceClovis, New Mexico · CoL index: 56/100
$1,134/mo
E-5 BAH
7
Fort Sill
ArmyLawton, Oklahoma · CoL index: 57/100
$1,242/mo
E-5 BAH
8
NAS Meridian
NavyMeridian, Mississippi · CoL index: 57/100
$1,170/mo
E-5 BAH
9
Laughlin Air Force Base
Air ForceDel Rio, Texas · CoL index: 57/100
$1,098/mo
E-5 BAH
10
Whiteman Air Force Base
Air ForceKnob Noster, Missouri · CoL index: 57/100
$1,170/mo
E-5 BAH
11
Fort Liberty
ArmyFayetteville, North Carolina · CoL index: 57/100
$1,566/mo
E-5 BAH
12
MCB Albany
Marine CorpsAlbany, Georgia · CoL index: 57/100
$1,134/mo
E-5 BAH
13
Holloman Air Force Base
Air ForceAlamogordo, New Mexico · CoL index: 57/100
$1,170/mo
E-5 BAH
14
Fort Johnson
ArmyLeesville, Louisiana · CoL index: 58/100
$1,242/mo
E-5 BAH
15
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Air ForceSan Angelo, Texas · CoL index: 58/100
$1,170/mo
E-5 BAH
16
Little Rock Air Force Base
Air ForceJacksonville, Arkansas · CoL index: 59/100
$1,242/mo
E-5 BAH
17
Fort Novosel
ArmyDaleville, Alabama · CoL index: 59/100
$1,278/mo
E-5 BAH
18
Fort Knox
ArmyRadcliff, Kentucky · CoL index: 59/100
$1,368/mo
E-5 BAH
19
Grand Forks Air Force Base
Air ForceGrand Forks, North Dakota · CoL index: 59/100
$1,170/mo
E-5 BAH
20
Sheppard Air Force Base
Air ForceWichita Falls, Texas · CoL index: 60/100
$1,206/mo
E-5 BAH
21
Fort Riley
ArmyJunction City, Kansas · CoL index: 60/100
$1,296/mo
E-5 BAH
22
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Air ForceBox Elder, South Dakota · CoL index: 60/100
$1,296/mo
E-5 BAH
23
Fort Moore
ArmyColumbus, Georgia · CoL index: 61/100
$1,368/mo
E-5 BAH
24
Shaw Air Force Base
Air ForceSumter, South Carolina · CoL index: 61/100
$1,296/mo
E-5 BAH
25
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Air ForceGoldsboro, North Carolina · CoL index: 61/100
$1,368/mo
E-5 BAH
26
Dyess Air Force Base
Air ForceAbilene, Texas · CoL index: 61/100
$1,242/mo
E-5 BAH
27
Moody Air Force Base
Air ForceValdosta, Georgia · CoL index: 61/100
$1,296/mo
E-5 BAH
28
F.E. Warren Air Force Base
Air ForceCheyenne, Wyoming · CoL index: 61/100
$1,296/mo
E-5 BAH
29
Redstone Arsenal
ArmyHuntsville, Alabama · CoL index: 61/100
$1,368/mo
E-5 BAH
30
Minot Air Force Base
Air ForceMinot, North Dakota · CoL index: 61/100
$1,242/mo
E-5 BAH
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