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Boone · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Pueblo County · Southern Colorado · statutory town · Pop. 305 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 308 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Tax revenue per resident sits 84% below the state median.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 3.3x 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)

$4,724
2.1× CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 86% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$175
84% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 7% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 3.3x the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Boone’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 308 residents, small changes in Boone'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 Boone; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 1 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$4,724
per resident
Money out: Boone spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$4,344No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$192No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$127No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$49No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$13No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Boone 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

Open in Compare
Boone compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Boone$4,724$175Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Brookside$245Not reported for this year$405
Coal Creek$503
Westcliffe$2,311$2,166Not reported for this year
Victor$380Not reported for this year
Rye$2,242Not reported for this year$1,686
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this yearNot reported for this year

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)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $4,724. 1 year withheld.$0$2.4K$4.7K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $4,724FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median
Show data table
Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$4,724Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $175. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $175FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 18% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 18% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 18% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$175Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,636.$0$818.1$1.6K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,636

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,636Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Boone’s finances

How does Boone's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Boone spent $4,724 per resident in FY2021, 2.1× the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
Which cities is Boone compared with?
Boone is compared with Brookside, Coal Creek, Westcliffe, Victor and Rye: 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
2021 estimate
Median household income
$49.9K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
19.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$64.2K
2019 estimate · nearest year to FY2021
Housing vacancy rate
35.6%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Boone, 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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