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Calhan · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

El Paso County · Pikes Peak · statutory town · Pop. 727 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 826 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2021). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Calhan: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Calhan collected $1,275 per resident (including city-run utilities), 27% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 82% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 61% above its peers, but 43% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 59% below 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)

$1,275
82% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$701
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 37% 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)

$1,194
47% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$814
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 28% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$404
61% above peers
Peer median
$251
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 30% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$390
59% below peers
Peer median
$962
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 27% 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 · $1,275
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,275 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.1M ÷ population 826 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B50 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D50 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Calhan runs city-owned utilities, which add 45.9% 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 826 residents, small changes in Calhan'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 Calhan; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Public safety: $324 per resident, 3.8× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 2.4× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,275
per resident82% above peers
Money in: Calhan revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$5852.4×peers $246
$22333% abovepeers $168
$1952.4×peers $81
$11749% belowpeers $229
$762.3×peers $33
$646.0×peers $11
$1588% belowpeers $119
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,194
per resident47% above peers
Money out: Calhan spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$43012% belowpeers $488
$3243.8×peers $85
$1993.3×peers $61
$11158% belowpeers $266
$1108% abovepeers $102
$1731% belowpeers $25
$2No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Calhan 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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Calhan compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
CalhanUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.9% 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.$1,275$1,194$404$223$390
Green Mountain Falls$761$814$578$200Not reported for this year
PierceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.8% 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.$1,739$3,243$251$168$571
WilliamsburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 75.8% 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.$501$429$1,192
La VetaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.3% 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.$641$810$229Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Peer median$701$814$251$200$962

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 $1,275 to FY2021 $1,748.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $701Peer median FY2021: $1,366Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,275FY2021: $1,748

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$1,275$701$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,748$1,366$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,194 to FY2021 $1,398.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $814Peer median FY2021: $1,053Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,194FY2021: $1,398

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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,194$814$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,398$1,053$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $404 to FY2021 $840.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $251Peer median FY2021: $858Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $404FY2021: $840

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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$404$251$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$840$858$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $390 to FY2021 $117.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $962Peer median FY2021: $876Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $390FY2021: $117

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$390$962$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$117$876$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Calhan’s finances

How much revenue does Calhan collect per resident?
Calhan collected $1,275 per resident in FY2016, 27% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Calhan's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Calhan spent $1,194 per resident in FY2016, 47% above the median of its peers: Green Mountain Falls, Pierce, Williamsburg and La Veta. See the figure
How much debt does Calhan have per resident?
Calhan carried $390 of debt per resident in FY2016, 59% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Calhan compared with?
Calhan is compared with Green Mountain Falls, Pierce, Williamsburg and La Veta: 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)
+0.7%/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: Calhan, 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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