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Brookside · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Fremont County · Southern Colorado · statutory town · Pop. 235 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 237 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2016). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Brookside: 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 77% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 76% below peers.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 17% 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

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)

$245
77% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 11% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+14.4%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$405
76% below peers
Peer median
$1,686
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 17% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−3.3%/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 17% of the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Brookside’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U40 Rents

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 237 residents, small changes in Brookside'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 Brookside; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

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

Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Brookside 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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Brookside compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Brookside$245Not reported for this year$405
Rye$2,242Not reported for this year$1,686
LarkspurRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 8.3× the Colorado median.$1,971$7,196$21,407
Boone$4,724$175Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Garden CityRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 11.9× the Colorado median.$10,217Not reported for this year
Coal Creek$503
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this year$1,686

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 $702. 1 year withheld.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $735Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $702FY2021: withheld — Revenue per resident is 17% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 17% of the peer median
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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$702$735$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Revenue per resident is 17% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $403. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $664Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $403FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 12% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 12% of the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$403$664$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 12% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $125 to FY2021 $245.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $181Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $125FY2021: $245

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$125$181$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$245Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $480 to FY2021 $405.$0$843$1.7K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,686Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $480FY2021: $405

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$480Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$405$1,686$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Brookside’s finances

How much debt does Brookside have per resident?
Brookside carried $405 of debt per resident in FY2021, 76% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Brookside compared with?
Brookside is compared with Rye, Larkspur, Boone, Garden City and Coal Creek: 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)
−0.9%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$58K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
13.7%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$181.8K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
8.3%
2021 estimate

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Also in Southern Colorado

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Brookside, 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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