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Burlington · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

Kit Carson County · Eastern Plains · home rule municipality · Pop. 3,164 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 3,140 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Burlington: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2023 in brief

Burlington collected $4,081 per resident (including city-run utilities), 14% above the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 10% above its peers, but 35% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 32% below peers.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2023 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$4,081
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$4,191
CO median · 97 with a published figure
$3,580
Position
Higher than 55% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,852
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,845
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$3,680
Position
Higher than 54% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,130
10% above peers
Peer median
$1,023
CO median · 90 with a published figure
$1,726
Position
Higher than 26% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,375
32% below peers
Peer median
$2,015
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$2,130
Position
Higher than 30% of the 91 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 · $4,081
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $4,081 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $12.8M ÷ population 3,140 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Burlington runs city-owned utilities, which add 50.2% 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 3,140 residents, small changes in Burlington's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2023. Bars show Burlington; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,861 per resident, 27% below the peer median. On the revenue side, other revenue is 58% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$4,081
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Burlington revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2,049in line withpeers $2,060
$87619% abovepeers $737
$52522% belowpeers $675
$25612% abovepeers $230
$13412% abovepeers $119
$12058% belowpeers $287
$12062% abovepeers $74
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,852
per residentin line with peers
Money out: Burlington spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,86127% belowpeers $2,563
$70565% abovepeers $427
$6954.8×peers $144
$274in line withpeers $276
$25931% belowpeers $375
$5813% abovepeers $52
None reported · peers $43$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 reporting

Burlington 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, FY2023. How peers are chosen

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Burlington compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
BurlingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 50.2% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$4,081$3,852$1,130$876$1,375
YumaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 36.5% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$3,000$2,609$1,037$735Not reported for this year
Las AnimasUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 56.0% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$4,191$3,845$930$737$1,277
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.9% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$3,802$3,754$1,520$1,163$3,726
La JuntaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 46.2% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$4,464$4,997$1,023$771$2,639
LamarUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 56.2% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$4,292$4,235$835$708$1,392
Peer median$4,191$3,845$1,023$737$2,015

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 $2,797 to FY2023 $4,081.$0$2.1K$4.2K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,838Peer median FY2021: $3,090Peer median FY2023: $4,191Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,797FY2021: $3,957FY2023: $4,081

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$2,797$2,838$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$3,957$3,090$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$4,081$4,191$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,386 to FY2023 $3,852.$0$1.9K$3.9K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,799Peer median FY2021: $2,781Peer median FY2023: $3,845Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,386FY2021: $3,489FY2023: $3,852. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Census definition change: Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,386$2,799$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,489$2,781$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$3,852$3,845$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $533 to FY2023 $1,130.$0$565$1.1K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $714Peer median FY2021: $869Peer median FY2023: $1,023Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $533FY2021: $750FY2023: $1,130

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$533$714$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$750$869$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$1,130$1,023$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,926 to FY2023 $1,375.$0$1K$2K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,351Peer median FY2021: $1,408Peer median FY2023: $2,015Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,926FY2021: $1,564FY2023: $1,375

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$1,926$1,351$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$1,564$1,408$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$1,375$2,015$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Burlington’s finances

How much revenue does Burlington collect per resident?
Burlington collected $4,081 per resident in FY2023, 14% above the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Burlington's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Burlington spent $3,852 per resident in FY2023, in line with the median of its peers: Yuma, Las Animas, Limon, La Junta and Lamar. See the figure
How much debt does Burlington have per resident?
Burlington carried $1,375 of debt per resident in FY2023, 32% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Burlington compared with?
Burlington is compared with Yuma, Las Animas, Limon, La Junta and Lamar: 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)
−0.1%/yr
2023 estimate
Median household income
$59.8K
2023 estimate
Poverty rate
5.9%
2023 estimate
Median home value
$199K
2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
16.8%
2023 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Burlington, 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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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