Arriba · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Arriba, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Lincoln County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 203 (2025 estimate) · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Arriba: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Arriba collected $1,182 per resident (including city-run utilities), 52% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 10% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 83% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 2.2× peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,182

10% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,307
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 12% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,291

6% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,376
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 19% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$177

83% below CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 8% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,493

2.2× peers

Peer median: $692
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 52% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +53.0%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,182

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,182 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $240K ÷ population 203 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- U11 Sale of property
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Arriba runs city-owned utilities, which add 35.0% 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 203 residents, small changes in Arriba's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Debt per resident is 2.2× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Arriba; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $360 per resident, 49% below the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 55% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,182

per resident10% below peers

Money in: Arriba revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$414	$369	12% above peerspeers $369	35%

Water utility charges $414 · peers $369 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$399	$312	28% above peerspeers $312	34%

Sewer charges $399 · peers $234 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges
	$108	$241	55% below peerspeers $241	9%

State aid $103 · peers $212 Local government aid $5 · peers $0 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
Peer median unavailable	$103	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	9%

Property tax $103 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$84	$56	51% above peerspeers $56	7%

Miscellaneous $44 · peers $47 Sale of property $39 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U11 Sale of property U99 Miscellaneous
Peer median unavailable	$74	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	6%

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $74 · peers $0 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,291

per resident6% below peers

Money out: Arriba spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$808	$487	66% above peerspeers $487	63%

Sewer $443 · peers $165 incl. $39 construction Water utility $365 · peers $266 incl. $74 construction incl. $113 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility F80 Sewer F91 Water utility
	$360	$712	49% below peerspeers $712	28%

General government (other) $360 · peers $455 incl. $15 construction incl. $15 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$64	$11	6.0× peerspeers $11	5%

Interest on debt $64 · peers $11 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
	$54	$117	54% below peerspeers $117	4%

Streets & highways $54 · peers $108 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$5	$18	73% below peerspeers $18	<1%

Parks & recreation $5 · peers $3 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $6	$0	$6	None reported	0%

Arriba reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Health, hospitals and public welfare.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Arriba 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Arriba compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
ArribaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.0% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,182	$1,291	$177	Not reported for this year	$1,493
SeibertUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.3% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$2,087	$1,808	Withheld Seibert · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$622	$372
BethuneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.4% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,168	Withheld Bethune · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 33% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Bethune · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Not reported for this year	$1,011
OvidUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.7% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,447	$1,065	$286	$99	$130
GenoaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 37.0% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,109	$1,244	$244	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$1,307	$1,376	Benchmark unavailable	Not reported for this year	$692

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,182	$1,307	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 5% of the peer median

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 5% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,291	$1,376	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 22% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 22% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$177	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$178	$1,368	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,493	$692	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Arriba’s finances

How much revenue does Arriba collect per resident?: Arriba collected $1,182 per resident in FY2021, 52% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Arriba's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Arriba spent $1,291 per resident in FY2021, 6% below the median of its peers: Seibert, Bethune, Ovid and Genoa. See the figure
How much debt does Arriba have per resident?: Arriba carried $1,493 of debt per resident in FY2021, 2.2× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Arriba compared with?: Arriba is compared with Seibert, Bethune, Ovid and Genoa: 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; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $28.3K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 27.9%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $112.5K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 21.1%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Peetz$646 · FY2016
Bethune$1,168 · FY2021
Cheraw$1,687 · FY2021
Seibert$2,087 · FY2021
Eckley$2,745 · FY2023
Sugar City$935 · FY2016
Sedgwick$3,218 · FY2016
Iliff$941 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Arriba · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Arriba and its peers

Trends

Questions about Arriba’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

General government is Arriba’s largest difference from its peers (49% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.