Naval Weapons Station Yorktown (NWS Yorktown)
Major Navy ordnance handling and storage installation on the York River. Hosts NWS Yorktown, Cheatham Annex, U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, and FBI Hampton Roads Resident Agency. Quiet rural-feeling base with deep-water access.
Branch
Navy
Yorktown, VA
BAH MHA
IZ325 (Norfolk)
Same as NSN, Oceana, JBLE
Best for
Ordnance ratings (GMs / AOs), USCG TRACEN students and instructors, Navy logistics staff
Best Neighborhoods for NWS Yorktown Families
Yorktown / York County (top schools, district avg 7.8), Williamsburg / James City County, northern Newport News.
BAH at NWS Yorktown
NWS Yorktown falls inside the Norfolk Military Housing Area (MHA IZ325). BAH is identical to all other Hampton Roads installations including Naval Station Norfolk, NAS Oceana, JEB Little Creek-Fort Story, and Joint Base Langley-Eustis.
Source: DTMO BAH Calculator.
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Sources: CNIC — NWS Yorktown; DTMO BAH; REIN MLS.
Frequently asked questions about NWS Yorktown
Where is Naval Weapons Station Yorktown located?↓
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown is on the York River in York County, Virginia, between Williamsburg and Newport News. It occupies a large section of the Virginia Peninsula's James River–Chesapeake Bay watershed.
What is NWS Yorktown's primary mission?↓
NWS Yorktown stores, maintains, and processes weapons for the Navy's Atlantic Fleet, including ordnance for ships and submarines. It also hosts the Naval Munitions Command and several specialized training commands.
What BAH applies?↓
NWS Yorktown falls within the Newport News Military Housing Area (MHA Code IZ326). Verify your specific paygrade rate at the DTMO BAH Calculator.
Which neighborhoods are popular with NWS Yorktown families?↓
Tabb, Yorktown, and Grafton in York County are highly rated for schools and within 10–15 minutes of the base. Williamsburg is 20–25 minutes away and offers historic charm with established neighborhoods. Newport News' Kiln Creek and Riverside areas are also common picks.
What are the schools like in this area?↓
York County Schools consistently rank among the highest-rated public-school divisions in Virginia. Grafton High, Tabb High, and the elementary schools in this district are popular with military families relocating with school-aged children.
About the Hampton Roads Real Estate Market
Hampton Roads is one of the most dynamic real estate markets on the East Coast, anchored by the largest naval complex in the world at Naval Station Norfolk and home to roughly 120,000 active-duty, reserve, and civilian Department of Defense personnel. The region spans seven cities — Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Hampton, and Newport News — plus the Peninsula communities of Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Poquoson, with each market carrying its own personality, school district, and price profile.
Buying or selling here means thinking about more than just a house. Tidewater geography means flood zones, hurricane preparation, and waterfront premiums matter. Military presence means BAH affordability, PCS season inventory crunches (May through August), and VA loan eligibility are top of mind for a meaningful share of every neighborhood. School quality varies block by block, especially across the seven independent city school divisions, and is often the deciding factor for relocating families.
Why Buyers and Sellers Choose VaHome
The VaHome Team — Tom and Dariya Milan with LPT Realty — focuses on the Hampton Roads region with deep expertise in military relocation, VA financing, and the trade-offs that local buyers actually face. From listing strategy that gets your home in front of the right relocating buyer to buyer representation that respects your BAH cap and PCS timeline, the team treats every transaction as a long-term relationship. The site is built to make decisions clearer: BAH-aware search, drive-time mapping to every major installation, neighborhood guides written by people who live here, and a calculator that shows real monthly cost — taxes, insurance, HOA, and PMI included — instead of a teaser headline number.
Plan Your Next Move
Whether you are buying your first home with a VA loan, moving up while your kids transition between school districts, or selling a Hampton Roads property to relocate to your next duty station, the resources on this site are organized around the questions you are actually asking. Browse listings filtered by base proximity, paygrade-aware BAH cap, and commute time. Read neighborhood guides for Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, and the Peninsula communities. Use the mortgage calculator to compare conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, and jumbo loan scenarios side by side. When you are ready to talk, the contact form goes directly to a specialist who knows the area, the lenders, and the timing.