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Branson · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Las Animas County · Southern Colorado · statutory town · Pop. 57 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 56 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Branson collected $589 per resident (including city-run utilities), 76% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 50% below its peers.

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)

$589
50% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,182
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 2% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−9.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Not reported for this year
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Not reported for this year
CO median
Not reported for this year
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Not reported for this year

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Not reported for this year
Peer median
Not reported for this year
CO median
Not reported for this year
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Not reported for this year

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $589
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $589 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $33K ÷ population 56 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Branson runs city-owned utilities, which add 72.7% 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 56 residents, small changes in Branson'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 Branson; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Fees & charges: $161 per resident, 67% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$589
per resident50% below peers
Money in: Branson revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$42949% abovepeers $288
$16167% belowpeers $490
None reported · peers $227$0None reported
None reported · peers $77$0None reported
None reported · peers $53$0None reported
None reported · peers $20$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

No spending breakdown is available for FY2021.

Branson 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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Branson compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
BransonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 72.7% 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.$589Not reported for this yearNot reported for this yearNot reported for this yearNot reported for this year
KimUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.4% 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.$1,286$1,778$159Not reported for this year$1,063
CokedaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.7% 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.$1,079$1,606$94$16$1,654
RamahUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.3% 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.$908$1,963$110Not reported for this year$679
GroverUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.0% 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.$1,325$1,351$65Not reported for this year$1,565
Peer median$1,182Not reported for this yearNot reported for this yearNot reported for this yearNot 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.

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 $970 to FY2021 $589.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $953Peer median FY2021: $1,182Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $970FY2021: $589

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$970$953$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$589$1,182$2,476 (227 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $104.$0$352.6$705.1’16’21Peer median FY2016: $107Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $104

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$104$107$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021———
Debt per resident
FY2016 $179.$0$859.4$1.7K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,719Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $179

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$179$1,719$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Branson’s finances

How much revenue does Branson collect per resident?
Branson collected $589 per resident in FY2021, 76% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Branson compared with?
Branson is compared with Kim, Cokedale, Ramah and Grover: 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)
−3.5%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$31.6K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
26.3%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$45.7K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
53.7%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Branson, 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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