City of Hampton · VA297
Hampton for a Langley assignment
Langley's listed address, 11 Nealy Ave, is in Hampton, ZIP 23665. That ZIP and the city's 23669 both resolve to VA297, HAMPTON/NEWPORT NEWS, VA. A Langley household living in Hampton reads the Peninsula table, which is lower than the Norfolk side at every grade shown on this site.
Source: MilitaryINSTALLATIONS: Joint Base Langley-Eustis, checked 2026-10-09; City of Hampton, Buckroe Beach and Park, checked 2026-10-09; DoD BAH 2026, sorted_zipmha26.txt and mhanames26.txt, checked 2026-10-09.
| Grade | VA297 (Langley) | VA298 (Norfolk side) |
|---|---|---|
| E-4 | $2,082 | $2,229 |
| E-6 | $2,421 | $2,559 |
| O-3 | $2,475 | $2,694 |
Source: DoD BAH 2026, rate files bahw26.dat and bahwo26.dat (May 13, 2026 revision), checked 2026-10-09; DoD BAH 2026, sorted_zipmha26.txt and mhanames26.txt, checked 2026-10-09.
Seven minutes to LaSalle
City hall at 22 Lincoln St is 3.4 miles from Langley's LaSalle Gate on Nealy Ave, by N Armistead Ave and La Salle Ave. For a Monday, October 12, 2026, 7:00 a.m. departure, Google returned a single typical figure of 7 minutes rather than a range. LaSalle is Langley's 24/7 gate, and the time stops there, before the ID check. Armistead (0600-2000) and King Street (0600-1800) also open daily, though the King Street entry carries a closure note dated only "October 26," with no year.
Drive: Google Maps, depart Mon Oct 12, 2026, 7:00 a.m. ET, checked 2026-10-09. Gates: JB Langley-Eustis gate information, checked 2026-10-09.
The installation next door
The 633rd Air Base Wing has been Langley's host unit since January 7, 2010. It supports more than 9,000 military and civilian personnel, including Headquarters Air Combat Command and three operational wings.
Source: MilitaryINSTALLATIONS: Joint Base Langley-Eustis, checked 2026-10-09.
City costs
Hampton's FY 2027 real estate rate is $1.14 per $100, fourth of seven in the Chesapeake comparison. Its monthly solid waste fee, $39.28 assuming recycling participation, is the highest of the seven. Applied to the comparison's $378,400 benchmark house, the real estate tax alone is $4,314 a year.
Source: City of Chesapeake, FY 2027 Local Tax Comparisons (PDF dated Aug 2026), checked 2026-10-09.
Schools
Hampton City Schools runs the public schools. Confirm the campus by address.
Source: Hampton City Schools, checked 2026-10-09.
Buckroe Beach
Buckroe Beach and Park, at 100 South First St., has three-quarters of a mile of beach on the Chesapeake Bay. It is open sunrise to sunset, with lifeguards from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. From May 15 to Sept. 15, animals other than service animals are barred east of First Street.
Source: City of Hampton, Buckroe Beach and Park, checked 2026-10-09.
Residential values heading into FY 2027
The assessor told City Council in February 2026 that 46,356 residential properties carried $13.03 billion in assessed value for FY 2027, up from $12.4 billion across 46,349 a year earlier. Dividing one by the other gives a mean of about $281,000. The city published no FY 2027 median, so this is a mean, and the billions figure is rounded. The approved budget's own table puts the residential land book at $13,024,186,800 and warns those values were not final until the land book closed in summer 2026.
Source: City of Hampton news, Residential property values up by 5 percent (Feb. 26, 2026), checked 2026-10-09; City of Hampton FY27 Council Approved Budget, Tab 28 Comparative and Statistical Data, checked 2026-10-09.
About $281,000 at today's rate
Using that mean as the price, a nothing-down VA purchase in Hampton comes in under both {V7} grades shown, the only town on this site where the E-5 allowance clears the illustrated payment, and only by about $20.
| Price used (illustration only) | $281,000: mean residential assessed value, FY 2027, computed from the city's rounded total |
|---|---|
| VA funding fee, first use, under 5% down, 2.15% | $6,042, financed |
| Loan amount | $287,042 |
| Rate: Freddie Mac 30-year average, week of Oct 8, 2026 | 7.40% |
| Principal and interest, 30 years | $1,987.42 a month |
| City real estate tax at $1.14 per $100 | About $267 a month ($3,203 a year) |
| Payment before insurance and HOA | About $2,254 a month |
| 2026 BAH VA297, E-5 with dependents | $2,274; $20 above the payment |
| 2026 BAH VA297, O-3 with dependents | $2,475; $221 above the payment |
Hampton's solid waste fee is extra, as are insurance, association dues and maintenance. The 7.40% is Freddie Mac's conventional average for the week, not a VA quote.
Source: City of Hampton news, Residential property values up by 5 percent (Feb. 26, 2026), checked 2026-10-09; VA.gov, VA funding fee and loan closing costs, checked 2026-10-09; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, checked 2026-10-09; City of Hampton FY27 Council Approved Budget, Tab 28 Comparative and Statistical Data, checked 2026-10-09; DoD BAH 2026, rate files bahw26.dat and bahwo26.dat (May 13, 2026 revision), checked 2026-10-09.
Nearby alternatives
- Norfolk: VA298, across the water; for Naval Station Norfolk orders.
- Newport News: also VA297, $1.18 rate, assessed every year.
Sources and dates
- MilitaryINSTALLATIONS: Joint Base Langley-Eustis, opened 2026-10-09.
- City of Hampton, Buckroe Beach and Park, opened 2026-10-09.
- DoD BAH 2026, sorted_zipmha26.txt and mhanames26.txt, opened 2026-10-09.
- DoD BAH 2026, rate files bahw26.dat and bahwo26.dat (May 13, 2026 revision), opened 2026-10-09.
- City of Chesapeake, FY 2027 Local Tax Comparisons (PDF dated Aug 2026), opened 2026-10-09.
- Hampton City Schools, opened 2026-10-09.
- Google Maps, route 6, depart Mon Oct 12, 2026, 7:00 a.m. ET, opened 2026-10-09.
- Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Gate Information (official page), opened 2026-10-09.
- City of Hampton news, Residential property values up by 5 percent (Feb. 26, 2026), opened 2026-10-09.
- City of Hampton FY27 Council Approved Budget, Tab 28 Comparative and Statistical Data, opened 2026-10-09.
- VA.gov, VA funding fee and loan closing costs, opened 2026-10-09.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, opened 2026-10-09.