Coal Creek · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Coal Creek, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Fremont County · Southern Colorado · statutory town · Pop. 361 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 339 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2016 in brief

Coal Creek collected $735 per resident (including city-run utilities), 58% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 82% above its peers, but 68% below the state median.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

$735

58% below CO median

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 9% 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)

$788

29% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $611
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 15% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$227

82% above peers

Peer median: $125
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 17% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

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 Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $735

Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

1Metric
$735 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $249K ÷ population 339 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T24 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Coal Creek runs city-owned utilities, which add 55.8% 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 339 residents, small changes in Coal Creek's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Part of Coal Creek's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled
Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Coal Creek; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $501 per resident, 3.1× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$735

per resident

Money in: Coal Creek revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
Peer median unavailable	$410	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	56%

Water utility charges $410 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
Peer median unavailable	$106	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	14%

General sales tax $106 General sales and use tax. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items T09 General sales tax
Peer median unavailable	$68	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	9%

Property tax $68 Property tax levied by the municipality. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items T01 Property tax
Peer median unavailable	$56	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	8%

Miscellaneous $50 Interest earnings $6 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U99 Miscellaneous
Peer median unavailable	$53	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	7%

Licenses & permits $35 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $18 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T24 Licenses & permits
Peer median unavailable	$41	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	6%

State aid $41 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items C46 State aid
None reported	$0	Peer median unavailable	None reported	0%

Coal Creek reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports.

Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$788

per resident29% above peers

Money out: Coal Creek spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$501	$162	3.1× peerspeers $162	64%

General government (other) $440 · peers $28 Central staff services $41 · peers $65 Financial administration $21 · peers $24 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E23 Financial administration E29 Central staff services E89 General government (other)
	$242	$372	35% below peerspeers $372	31%

Water utility $242 · peers $227 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E91 Water utility
	$41	$16	2.6× peerspeers $16	5%

Streets & highways $41 · peers $16 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$3	$73	96% below peerspeers $73	<1%

Interest on debt $3 · peers $73 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $8	$0	$8	None reported	0%

Coal Creek reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Coal Creek 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

Open in Compare

Coal Creek compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Coal CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 55.8% 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.	$735	$788	$227	$106	Not reported for this year
BrooksideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.3% 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.	$702	$403	$125	Not reported for this year	$480
RyeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 54.7% 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.	$769	$611	$101	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Peer median	Benchmark unavailable	$611	$125	Benchmark unavailable	Not 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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 18% of the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$735	Benchmark unavailable	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 18% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 19% of the peer median

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$788	$611	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 19% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 28% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$227	$125	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 28% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	—	—	—
FY2021	$503	Benchmark unavailable	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Coal Creek’s finances

How much revenue does Coal Creek collect per resident?: Coal Creek collected $735 per resident in FY2016, 58% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Coal Creek's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Coal Creek spent $788 per resident in FY2016, 29% above the median of its peers: Brookside and Rye. See the figure
Which cities is Coal Creek compared with?: Coal Creek is compared with Brookside and Rye: 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): −0.2%/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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Also in Southern Colorado

Boone
Brookside$702 · FY2016
Westcliffe$2,311 · FY2021
Rye$769 · FY2016
Rockvale$1,222 · FY2021
Cokedale$1,079 · FY2021
Starkville$923 · FY2016
Kim$1,286 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Coal Creek · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Coal Creek and its peers

Trends

Questions about Coal Creek’s finances

Community context

Explore further

Also in Southern Colorado

Sources

General government is Coal Creek’s largest difference from its peers (3.1× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.