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Blue River · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Summit County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 859 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 926 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Blue River collected $1,525 per resident, 13% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 61% below its peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer median

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)

$1,525
61% below peers
Peer median
$3,931
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 43% 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)

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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,525
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,525 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.4M ÷ population 926 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 926 residents, small changes in Blue River's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Blue River; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: none reported, against a peer median of $612 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$1,525
per resident61% below peers
Money in: Blue River revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$3822.5×peers $156
$3989% belowpeers $367
None reported · peers $612$0None reported
None reported · peers $427$0None reported
Withheld
Withheld
Withheld
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Blue River 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

Open in Compare
Blue River compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Blue River$1,525Not reported for this year
Winter Park$10,509$10,124$8,067
MinturnUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.3% 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.$2,519$3,166$1,066$513$920
DillonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.5% 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.$11,299$10,677$12,496
GeorgetownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.4% 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.$2,819$3,153$668$4,659
Mt. Crested ButteRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.5× the Colorado median.$3,931$6,457$1,924$2,583
Peer median$3,931Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark 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 $1,525. 1 year withheld.$0$2K$3.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $3,931Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,525FY2021: withheld — Revenue per resident is 33% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 33% of the peer median
Show data table
Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,525$3,931$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Revenue per resident is 33% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
2 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016, FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer median
Show data table
Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)

Questions about Blue River’s finances

How much revenue does Blue River collect per resident?
Blue River collected $1,525 per resident in FY2016, 13% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Blue River compared with?
Blue River is compared with Winter Park, Minturn, Dillon, Georgetown and Mt. Crested Butte: 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)
+1.7%/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: Blue River, 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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