Collbran · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Collbran, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Mesa County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 355 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 363 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Collbran collected $4,840 per resident (including city-run utilities), 95% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 38% below its peers, and 54% 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)

$4,840

97% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $2,459
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 85% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +25.5%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,386

2.1× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,640
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 74% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$493

38% below peers

Peer median: $795
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 16% of the 201 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 · $4,840

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$4,840 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $1.8M ÷ population 363 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- B89 Federal aid
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T27 Licenses & permits
- U11 Sale of property
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U40 Rents
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Collbran runs city-owned utilities, which add 11.4% 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 363 residents, small changes in Collbran'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 Collbran; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $1,201 per resident, 97% above the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 18.8× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$4,840

per resident97% above peers

Money in: Collbran revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$3,298	$176	18.8× peerspeers $176	68%

Local government aid $2,570 · peers $4 State aid $485 · peers $107 Federal aid $242 · peers $6 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$551	$581	5% below peerspeers $581	11%

Water utility charges $551 · peers $581 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$388	$740	48% below peerspeers $740	8%

General sales tax $388 · peers $740 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$333	$461	28% below peerspeers $461	7%

Sewer charges $325 · peers $377 General government (other) charges $8 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$165	$54	3.1× peerspeers $54	3%

Rents $69 · peers $3 Sale of property $52 · peers $0 Interest earnings $17 · peers $0 Miscellaneous $14 · peers $21 Fines & forfeits $14 · peers $7 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U11 Sale of property U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U40 Rents U99 Miscellaneous
	$55	$72	23% below peerspeers $72	1%

Licenses & permits $55 · peers $30 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T27 Licenses & permits
	$50	$174	72% below peerspeers $174	1%

Property tax $50 · peers $174 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,386

per resident2.1× peers

Money out: Collbran spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$1,201	$610	97% above peerspeers $610	35%

Central staff services $1,168 · peers $267 Judicial & legal $33 · peers $0 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services
	$694	$109	6.4× peerspeers $109	21%

Streets & highways $683 · peers $109 Transit $11 · peers $0 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways E94 Transit
	$680	$531	28% above peerspeers $531	20%

Water utility $350 · peers $378 Sewer $331 · peers $271 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
	$534	$462	16% above peerspeers $462	16%

Police $534 · peers $242 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$275	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	8%

Parks & recreation $267 · peers $0 Libraries $8 · peers $0 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E52 Libraries E61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $13	$0	$13	None reported	0%

Collbran reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Interest paid on the municipality's debt.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Collbran 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

Open in Compare

Collbran compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
CollbranUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.4% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$4,840	$3,386	$493	$388	Not reported for this year
BlancaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.4% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,843	$1,562	$795	$414	$644
AlmaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.2% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.7× the Colorado median.	$2,983	$2,445	$1,809	$1,431	$294
YampaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 36.6% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,935	$1,640	$652	$418	$1,126
EmpireUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.2% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$3,292	$2,484	$1,245	$1,062	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$2,459	$1,640	$795	$418	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.

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,556	Benchmark unavailable	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$4,840	$2,459	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 22% of the peer median

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 22% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$3,386	$1,640	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 4% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 4% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$493	$795	$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	$120	$697	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	—	—	—

Questions about Collbran’s finances

How much revenue does Collbran collect per resident?: Collbran collected $4,840 per resident in FY2021, 95% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Collbran's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Collbran spent $3,386 per resident in FY2021, 2.1× the median of its peers: Blanca, Alma, Yampa and Empire. See the figure
Which cities is Collbran compared with?: Collbran is compared with Blanca, Alma, Yampa and Empire: 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): −12.5%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $42.1K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 40.0%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $163.4K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 19.0%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Western Slope

Crawford$945 · FY2016
Dinosaur$3,192 · FY2016
De Beque
Naturita$2,797 · FY2021
Nucla$1,311 · FY2021
Ouray$10,701 · FY2021
Hotchkiss$2,602 · FY2021
Ridgway$3,618 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

Dataset: Collbran, 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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Collbran · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 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

Collbran and its peers

Trends

Questions about Collbran’s finances

Community context

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Also in Western Slope

Sources

General government is Collbran’s largest difference from its peers (97% above the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.