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Akron · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Washington County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 1,725 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,689 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2021). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Akron: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Akron collected $1,332 per resident (including city-run utilities), 24% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 51% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits in line with its peers.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,332
51% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,711
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 38% of the 224 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,237
56% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,799
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 30% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$714
in line with peers
Peer median
$749
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 51% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,153
in line with peers
Peer median
$1,173
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 53% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,332
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $1,332 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $2.2M ÷ population 1,689 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Akron runs city-owned utilities, which add 14.9% of its revenue. Cities that don't run utilities will look lower on revenue and spending per resident for that reason alone. What counts as utility revenue
  • With about 1,689 residents, small changes in Akron's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Akron's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Akron; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $430 per resident, 48% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 81% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,332
per resident51% below peers
Money in: Akron revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$33885% abovepeers $183
$30912% belowpeers $353
$29844% belowpeers $532
$19881% belowpeers $1,019
$7971% belowpeers $273
$782.1×peers $37
$3277% belowpeers $139
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,237
per resident56% below peers
Money out: Akron spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$43048% belowpeers $825
$30724% belowpeers $402
$14952% belowpeers $309
$14248% belowpeers $273
$13466% belowpeers $398
$4747% abovepeers $32
$2816% belowpeers $33
None reported · peers $265$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Akron and its peers

The five Colorado municipalities nearest on population, median household income and region. Budget size isn’t a matching factor, so peers aren’t chosen on the figures being compared. Per resident, FY2016. How peers are chosen

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Akron compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
AkronUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.9% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$1,332$1,237$714$298$1,153
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.6% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,711$2,784$832$584$1,868
ElizabethUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.8% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,762$3,152$970$1,693
WrayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.5% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,964$2,815$749$532$250
SpringfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 60.3% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,503$2,186$369$232$247
JulesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.9% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,377$298$1,173
Peer median$2,711$2,799$749$532$1,173

Utilities marks a municipality whose revenue and spending include city-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit), which raises its per-resident totals.

Trends

Every available fiscal year. Lines break where a year is missing or withheld; nothing is interpolated.

  • This city
  • Peer median
  • Withheld (shown on the axis, no value)
  • Colorado median (Census of Governments years only)
Revenue per resident
FY2016 $1,332 to FY2021 $1,870.$0$1.4K$2.7K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,711Peer median FY2021: $2,631Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,332FY2021: $1,870

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,332$2,711$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,870$2,631$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,237 to FY2021 $2,216.$0$1.4K$2.8K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,799Peer median FY2021: $2,334Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,237FY2021: $2,216

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,237$2,799$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$2,216$2,334$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $714 to FY2021 $792.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $749Peer median FY2021: $829Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $714FY2021: $792

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$714$749$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$792$829$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,153 to FY2021 $936.$0$1.3K$2.7K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,173Peer median FY2021: $2,665Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,153FY2021: $936

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,153$1,173$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$936$2,665$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Akron’s finances

How much revenue does Akron collect per resident?
Akron collected $1,332 per resident in FY2016, 24% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Akron's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Akron spent $1,237 per resident in FY2016, 56% below the median of its peers: Limon, Elizabeth, Wray, Springfield and Julesburg. See the figure
How much debt does Akron have per resident?
Akron carried $1,153 of debt per resident in FY2016, in line with its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Akron compared with?
Akron is compared with Limon, Elizabeth, Wray, Springfield and Julesburg: the Colorado municipalities nearest to it on population, median household income and region. Budget size isn't used, so peers aren't chosen on the figures being compared. See the peer table
Where do these numbers come from?
From the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, as each government reported its own fiscal year, divided by Census population estimates. Figures that fail quality checks are withheld rather than shown. Sources and methodology

Community context

American Community Survey 5-year estimates and Census population estimates. Where the selected year isn’t available, the nearest earlier year is shown and labeled.

Population growth (5-yr)
+0.1%/yr
2016 estimate
Median household income
Not reported for this year
Poverty rate
Not reported for this year
Median home value
Not reported for this year
Housing vacancy rate
Not reported for this year

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Sources

Dataset: Akron, CO municipal finance benchmarks

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Notes: dollars are nominal (not inflation-adjusted). Colorado medians cover the municipalities reporting that year. Peers: nearest on population, income and region. Definitions: orivian.ai/benchmarks/methodology.Retrieved October 12, 2026 from orivian.ai/benchmarks.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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