Fort Worth, TX Area: 2026 BAH at a glance
Military Housing Area TX356 covers 122 ZIP codes in Fort Worth, Arlington, Weatherford, Bedford, Azle and nearby communities, Texas. BAH is set by your duty station's ZIP code, not where you choose to live, so this table applies to anyone assigned inside it.
An E-5 with dependents here receives $2,118 a month, 3% above the median housing area ($2,064), ranking 157 of 338 nationally.
For officers, an O-3 with dependents gets $2,460, ranking 187 of 338 (3% below the $2,529 median). Promotion from E-5 to E-7 adds $327 a month in housing allowance here, before any change in base pay.
Dependents add $462 a month for an E-5 (28% over the $1,656 single rate), more than the typical $375 gap nationally. The with-dependents rate is the same whether you have one dependent or five.
2026 BAH rates for every grade
Monthly, effective January 1, 2026. "Difference" is what dependents add at each grade.
| Grade | With dependents | Without | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 | $1,938 | $1,494 | $444 |
| E-2 | $1,938 | $1,494 | $444 |
| E-3 | $1,938 | $1,494 | $444 |
| E-4 | $1,938 | $1,494 | $444 |
| E-5 | $2,118 | $1,656 | $462 |
| E-6 | $2,424 | $1,815 | $609 |
| E-7 | $2,445 | $1,941 | $504 |
| E-8 | $2,454 | $2,184 | $270 |
| E-9 | $2,490 | $2,268 | $222 |
| W-1 | $2,442 | $1,884 | $558 |
| W-2 | $2,451 | $2,181 | $270 |
| W-3 | $2,463 | $2,280 | $183 |
| W-4 | $2,511 | $2,418 | $93 |
| W-5 | $2,613 | $2,427 | $186 |
| O-1E | $2,448 | $2,115 | $333 |
| O-2E | $2,457 | $2,250 | $207 |
| O-3E | $2,526 | $2,415 | $111 |
| O-1 | $2,163 | $1,752 | $411 |
| O-2 | $2,421 | $2,061 | $360 |
| O-3 | $2,460 | $2,310 | $150 |
| O-4 | $2,640 | $2,421 | $219 |
| O-5 | $2,793 | $2,430 | $363 |
| O-6 | $2,814 | $2,433 | $381 |
| O-7 | $2,832 | $2,451 | $381 |
Official DoD rates for MHA TX356. If rates in an area fall, members already there keep their higher rate (rate protection) until they PCS or their eligibility changes. 2027 rates are normally announced in mid-December: what to expect.
Nearby housing areas
The closest other MHAs by ZIP-code center. Your BAH follows your duty ZIP, but these show how the rate changes across the region if you are choosing between assignments.
Within about 147 miles, E-5 with-dependents BAH runs from $1,233 (Fort Sill (Lawton, OK)) to $2,469 (Dallas, TX Area), a spread of $1,236 a month or $14,832 a year for the same rank.
| Housing area | Distance | E-5 with deps | O-3 with deps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas, TX Area TX277 | 32 mi | $2,469 | $2,847 |
| Waco, TX Area TX415 | 83 mi | $1,755 | $2,379 |
| Wichita Falls, TX Area TX288 | 106 mi | $1,491 | $2,325 |
| Fort Hood (Killeen, TX) TX286 | 110 mi | $1,695 | $2,340 |
| Abilene, TX Area TX270 | 142 mi | $1,554 | $2,253 |
| Fort Sill (Lawton, OK) OK237 | 147 mi | $1,233 | $1,758 |
ZIP codes in this housing area
Fort Worth, TX
Arlington, TX
Weatherford, TX
Bedford, TX
Azle, TX
Burleson, TX
Cleburne, TX
Euless, TX
Grapevine, TX
Hurst, TX
Keller, TX
North Richland Hills, TX
Aledo, TX
Alvarado, TX
Colleyville, TX
Crowley, TX
Dennis, TX
Godley, TX
Grand Prairie, TX
Grandview, TX
Haltom City, TX
Haslet, TX
Joshua, TX
Keene, TX
Kennedale, TX
Lillian, TX
Mansfield, TX
Millsap, TX
Naval Air Station Jrb, TX
Peaster, TX
Poolville, TX
Rio Vista, TX
Southlake, TX
Springtown, TX
Venus, TX
Whitt, TX
Using this rate
- Find your exact rate by duty ZIP, grade and dependency status in the BAH calculator.
- Moving here? Price the move and your PPM in the PCS calculator, and test renting against buying in the rent vs buy calculator.
- See BAH with base pay and BAS as one number in the compensation calculator.
Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), matched to the official DoD ZIP-to-MHA mapping. Rates: DoD BAH rate file effective January 1, 2026.