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Bayfield · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

La Plata County · Southwest · statutory town · Pop. 2,974 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 2,913 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Bayfield collected $1,800 per resident (including city-run utilities), 27% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 65% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 87% below its peers, and 39% below the state median.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,800
65% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$5,150
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 30% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−4.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$650
87% below peers
Peer median
$5,185
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 24% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−4.8%/yr

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,800
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,800 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $5.2M ÷ population 2,913 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U41 Royalties

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Bayfield runs city-owned utilities, which add 14.5% 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 2,913 residents, small changes in Bayfield's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Fees & charges: $424 per resident, 52% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,800
per resident65% below peers
Money in: Bayfield revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$45641% abovepeers $324
$42452% belowpeers $879
$26156% belowpeers $596
$80in line withpeers $81
$915% belowpeers $10
$2100% belowpeers $375
Withheldpeers $2,194
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Bayfield’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Bayfield 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

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Bayfield compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
BayfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.5% 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.$1,800$650Not reported for this year
TellurideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 4.7× the Colorado median.$8,847$8,918$5,185$4,052$22,389
FriscoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.9% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.5× the Colorado median.$9,125$6,629$6,781$4,772$1,832
Orchard CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.3% 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.$1,453$695Not reported for this year$516
SiltUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.6% 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.$1,303$1,562$494$336$591
Peer median$5,150Benchmark unavailable$5,185Benchmark unavailableNot reported for this year

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

Regional hub marks a municipality whose sales tax per resident is at least 1.5× the Colorado median: a shopping or visitor hub where people who live elsewhere pay much of the sales tax.

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 $2,213 to FY2021 $1,800.$0$2.6K$5.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $3,414Peer median FY2021: $5,150Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,213FY2021: $1,800

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$2,213$3,414$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,800$5,150$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,429. 1 year withheld.$0$1.3K$2.7K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,653Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,429FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,429$2,653$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $832 to FY2021 $650.$0$2.6K$5.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $530Peer median FY2021: $5,185Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $832FY2021: $650

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$832$530$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$650$5,185$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $161.$0$1K$2.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,053Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $161

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$161$2,053$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Bayfield’s finances

How much revenue does Bayfield collect per resident?
Bayfield collected $1,800 per resident in FY2021, 27% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Bayfield compared with?
Bayfield is compared with Telluride, Frisco, Orchard City and Silt: 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)
+2.9%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$76.2K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
8.5%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$336K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
7.8%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Bayfield, CO municipal finance benchmarks

Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Please credit “Source: Orivian Municipal Index, orivian.ai/benchmarks”. See the data use terms.

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.

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