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Black Hawk · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Gilpin County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 120 (2025 estimate) · Census finance data FY2016–FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Black Hawk: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Debt per resident runs 208.2× the state median.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 55.3× the Colorado median.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 108.2x the peer median
  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 118.0x the peer 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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$293,875
208.2× CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Highest of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+8.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 108.2x the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Black Hawk’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T21 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 120 residents, small changes in Black Hawk'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 Black Hawk; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 55.3× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Black Hawk 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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Black Hawk compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Black HawkRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 55.3× the Colorado median.$47,683$293,875
Moffat$3,467Not reported for this yearNot reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Montezuma$1,027$1,219$753Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Silver PlumeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.5% 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.$2,874$3,930$1,337$920Not reported for this year
Pitkin$1,737$789$1,184$855Not reported for this year
MarbleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.0% 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.$2,341$1,957Not reported for this year$1,833
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable

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)
Tax revenue per resident
8 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 826.9x the peer medianFY2017: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 66.8x the peer medianFY2018: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 684.5x the peer medianFY2019: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 733.7x the peer medianFY2020: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 419.3x the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 118.0x the peer medianFY2022: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 50.2x the peer medianFY2023: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 17.7x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 826.9x the peer median
  • FY2017 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 66.8x the peer median
  • FY2018 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 684.5x the peer median
  • FY2019 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 733.7x the peer median
  • FY2020 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 419.3x the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 118.0x the peer median
  • FY2022 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 50.2x the peer median
  • FY2023 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 17.7x the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 826.9x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 66.8x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 684.5x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 733.7x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 419.3x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 118.0x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 50.2x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 17.7x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $197,891 to FY2023 $260,294.$0$146.9K$293.9K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $182Peer median FY2017: $2,428Peer median FY2018: $1,403Peer median FY2019: $1,647Peer median FY2020: $1,830Peer median FY2022: $8,282Peer median FY2023: $1,777Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $197,891FY2017: $181,667FY2018: $164,008FY2019: $147,500FY2020: $146,218FY2021: $293,875FY2022: $278,739FY2023: $260,294

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023. 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$197,891$182$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2017$181,667$2,428$1,482 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$164,008$1,403$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$147,500$1,647$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$146,218$1,830$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$293,875Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$278,739$8,282$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$260,294$1,777$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Black Hawk’s finances

How much debt does Black Hawk have per resident?
Black Hawk carried $293,875 of debt per resident in FY2021, 208.2× the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Black Hawk compared with?
Black Hawk is compared with Moffat, Montezuma, Silver Plume, Pitkin and Marble: 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)
−1.3%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$49.8K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
0.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$416.7K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
12.5%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Black Hawk, 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.

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