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Blanca · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Costilla County · San Luis Valley · statutory town · Pop. 320 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 398 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Blanca collected $1,073 per resident (including city-run utilities), 39% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 12% below its peers, and 51% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 50% above 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)

$1,073
38% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,730
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 28% 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)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$344
12% below peers
Peer median
$391
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 23% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$960
50% above peers
Peer median
$640
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 47% 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 · $1,073
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $1,073 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $427K ÷ population 398 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Blanca runs city-owned utilities, which add 20.1% 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 398 residents, small changes in Blanca's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Blanca'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 Blanca; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Property tax: $171 per resident, 3.7× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,073
per resident38% below peers
Money in: Blanca revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$27669% abovepeers $164
$2169% belowpeers $238
$17126% belowpeers $230
$1713.7×peers $46
$12150% belowpeers $240
$11631% abovepeers $88
$395% belowpeers $48
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Blanca 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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Blanca compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
BlancaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.1% 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.$1,073$344$171$960
South ForkRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.$1,730$1,456$1,358$1,230$126
SaguacheUtilities: 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.$910$1,371$404$250Not reported for this year
CreedeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.2% 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.$3,786$1,078$751$3,320
DinosaurUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.4% 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.$3,192$1,979$378$210$640
CrawfordUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 26.4% 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.$945$701$190$126Not reported for this year
Peer median$1,730Benchmark unavailable$391$250$640

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 $1,073 to FY2021 $1,843.$0$1.6K$3.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,730Peer median FY2021: $3,138Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,073FY2021: $1,843

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$1,073$1,730$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,843$3,138$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $1,562. 1 year withheld.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $2,484Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,562FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 30% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 30% of the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 30% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,562$2,484$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $344 to FY2021 $795.$0$622.4$1.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $391Peer median FY2021: $1,245Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $344FY2021: $795

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$344$391$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$795$1,245$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $960 to FY2021 $644.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $640Peer median FY2021: $294Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $960FY2021: $644

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$960$640$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$644$294$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Blanca’s finances

How much revenue does Blanca collect per resident?
Blanca collected $1,073 per resident in FY2016, 39% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Blanca have per resident?
Blanca carried $960 of debt per resident in FY2016, 50% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Blanca compared with?
Blanca is compared with South Fork, Saguache, Creede, Dinosaur and Crawford: 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)
+0.2%/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: Blanca, 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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