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Burlington · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Kit Carson County · Eastern Plains · home rule municipality · Pop. 3,164 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 3,606 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (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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FY2016 in brief

Burlington collected $2,797 per resident (including city-run utilities), 60% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 25% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 43% above peers.

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)

$2,797
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,838
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 74% 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)

$2,386
15% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,799
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 63% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$533
25% below peers
Peer median
$714
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 40% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,926
43% above peers
Peer median
$1,351
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 69% of the 220 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 · $2,797
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,797 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $10.1M ÷ population 3,606 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Burlington runs city-owned utilities, which add 53.6% 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 3,606 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, FY2016. Bars show Burlington; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,304 per resident, 35% above the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 2.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,797
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Burlington revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,4992.1×peers $723
$4697% abovepeers $439
$33334% belowpeers $501
$19241% abovepeers $137
$10640% belowpeers $178
$10379% belowpeers $484
$9485% abovepeers $51
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,386
per resident15% below peers
Money out: Burlington spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,30435% abovepeers $963
$35924% abovepeers $290
$26744% belowpeers $480
$21216% belowpeers $252
$18854% belowpeers $412
$5673% abovepeers $32
None reported · peers $208$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

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Burlington compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
BurlingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.6% 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.$2,797$2,386$533$333$1,926
YumaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 26.1% 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.$3,818$4,437$679$469$323
WrayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.5% 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.$2,964$2,815$749$532$250
BrushUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.5% 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.$1,652$1,940$564$299$1,351
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.6% 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.$2,711$2,784$832$584$1,868
Peer median$2,838$2,799$714$501$1,351

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 $2,797 per resident in FY2016, 60% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Burlington's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Burlington spent $2,386 per resident in FY2016, 15% below the median of its peers: Yuma, Wray, Brush and Limon. See the figure
How much debt does Burlington have per resident?
Burlington carried $1,926 of debt per resident in FY2016, 43% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Burlington compared with?
Burlington is compared with Yuma, Wray, Brush and Limon: 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)
−2.6%/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: 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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