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Ault · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 2,667 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,821 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Ault collected $1,107 per resident (including city-run utilities), 37% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 56% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 81% below 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)

$1,107
31% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,608
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 30% 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)

$1,051
57% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,449
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 24% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$272
56% below peers
Peer median
$621
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 20% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$571
81% below peers
Peer median
$2,956
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 32% 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 · $1,107
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $1,107 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $2M ÷ population 1,821 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State 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
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Ault runs city-owned utilities, which add 20.0% 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 1,821 residents, small changes in Ault's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Ault'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 Ault; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $355 per resident, 78% below the peer median. On the revenue side, property tax is 82% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,107
per resident31% below peers
Money in: Ault revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$27520% belowpeers $344
$26038% abovepeers $189
$221in line withpeers $225
$13744% belowpeers $246
$8631% abovepeers $66
$78in line withpeers $81
$5082% belowpeers $282
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,051
per resident57% below peers
Money out: Ault spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$35578% belowpeers $1,595
Peer median unavailable$292No peer comparison
$26438% belowpeers $423
$5882% belowpeers $329
$3772% belowpeers $136
$2579% belowpeers $118
$19No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Ault 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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Ault compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
AultUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.0% 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.$1,107$1,051$272$137$571
KerseyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.9% 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.$764$435$246$938
HudsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.7% 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.$2,074$2,449$808$246$3,247
NederlandUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.4% 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.$2,488$3,088$1,313$677$3,547
KeenesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.0% 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.$1,142$1,534$378$166$1,352
Peer median$1,608$2,449$621$246$2,956

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 $1,107 to FY2021 $2,178.$0$1.3K$2.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,608Peer median FY2021: $2,594Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,107FY2021: $2,178

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$1,107$1,608$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,178$2,594$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,051 to FY2021 $1,973.$0$1.5K$2.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,449Peer median FY2021: $2,928Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,051FY2021: $1,973

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$1,051$2,449$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,973$2,928$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $272 to FY2021 $1,079.$0$539.5$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $621Peer median FY2021: $1,009Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $272FY2021: $1,079

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$272$621$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,079$1,009$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $571 to FY2021 $733.$0$1.5K$3K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,956Peer median FY2021: $742Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $571FY2021: $733

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$571$2,956$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$733$742$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Ault’s finances

How much revenue does Ault collect per resident?
Ault collected $1,107 per resident in FY2016, 37% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Ault's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Ault spent $1,051 per resident in FY2016, 57% below the median of its peers: Kersey, Hudson, Nederland and Keenesburg. See the figure
How much debt does Ault have per resident?
Ault carried $571 of debt per resident in FY2016, 81% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Ault compared with?
Ault is compared with Kersey, Hudson, Nederland and Keenesburg: 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)
+3.1%/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: Ault, 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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