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Craig · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Moffat County · Western Slope · home rule municipality · Pop. 8,874 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 8,959 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Craig: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Craig collected $2,577 per resident (including city-run utilities), in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 5% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 6% below its peers, but 29% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 68% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,577
5% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,726
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 54% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+8.3%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,384
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,370
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 55% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.2%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,386
6% below peers
Peer median
$1,472
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 64% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+12.5%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$665
68% below peers
Peer median
$2,066
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 28% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+10.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,577
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,577 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $23.1M ÷ population 8,959 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • 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
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U41 Royalties
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Craig runs city-owned utilities, which add 15.2% 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

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Craig; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $876 per resident, 73% above the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 29% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,577
per resident6% below peers
Money in: Craig revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$92529% belowpeers $1,301
$45026% belowpeers $607
$3929% belowpeers $430
$2853.3×peers $87
$2539% abovepeers $231
$1752.1×peers $84
$972.4×peers $39
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,384
per residentin line with peers
Money out: Craig spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$87673% abovepeers $505
$45125% abovepeers $361
$391in line withpeers $387
$31620% belowpeers $395
$28413% belowpeers $325
$41No peer comparisonpeers $0
$2567% belowpeers $77
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Craig 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

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Craig compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
CraigUtilities: 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.$2,577$2,384$1,386$925$665
DeltaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 39.0% 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.$2,408$2,370$1,031$987$2,066
CortezUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.1% 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.$2,726$2,120$1,543$1,212$454
Glenwood SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.0% 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 2.8× the Colorado median.$6,400$6,064$2,856$2,413$5,718
RifleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.5% 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 1.5× the Colorado median.$2,773$2,460$1,472$1,301$3,076
AlamosaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.5% 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 1.6× the Colorado median.$2,527$1,446$1,458$1,390$1,586
Peer median$2,726$2,370$1,472$1,301$2,066

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
FY2016 $1,732 to FY2021 $2,577. 1 year withheld.$0$1.4K$2.7K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,617Peer median FY2018: $2,127Peer median FY2019: $2,218Peer median FY2020: $2,146Peer median FY2021: $2,726Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,732FY2018: $1,961FY2019: $2,065FY2020: $2,377FY2021: $2,577FY2022: withheld — Revenue per resident is 7% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2022 withheld: Revenue per resident is 7% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2022. 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$1,732$2,617$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$1,961$2,127$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,065$2,218$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,377$2,146$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,577$2,726$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Revenue per resident is 7% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,532 to FY2021 $2,384. 1 year withheld.$0$1.2K$2.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,402Peer median FY2018: $2,072Peer median FY2019: $2,120Peer median FY2020: $1,992Peer median FY2021: $2,370Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,532FY2018: $1,698FY2019: $1,812FY2020: $1,957FY2021: $2,384FY2022: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 1% of this city's typical level in other years

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.

  • FY2022 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 1% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. 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$1,532$2,402$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$1,698$2,072$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,812$2,120$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,957$1,992$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,384$2,370$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 1% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $768 to FY2021 $1,386. 1 year withheld.$0$736$1.5K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,221Peer median FY2018: $1,173Peer median FY2019: $1,251Peer median FY2020: $1,031Peer median FY2021: $1,472Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $768FY2018: $951FY2019: $1,057FY2020: $1,212FY2021: $1,386FY2022: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2022 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2022. 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$768$1,221$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$951$1,173$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,057$1,251$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,212$1,031$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,386$1,472$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $397 to FY2022 $611.$0$1.4K$2.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,709Peer median FY2018: $2,834Peer median FY2019: $2,007Peer median FY2020: $2,201Peer median FY2021: $2,066Peer median FY2022: $2,168Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $397FY2018: $341FY2019: $662FY2020: $624FY2021: $665FY2022: $611

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2021, FY2022. 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$397$2,709$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$341$2,834$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$662$2,007$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$624$2,201$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$665$2,066$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$611$2,168$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Craig’s finances

How much revenue does Craig collect per resident?
Craig collected $2,577 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Craig's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Craig spent $2,384 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of its peers: Delta, Cortez, Glenwood Springs, Rifle and Alamosa. See the figure
How much debt does Craig have per resident?
Craig carried $665 of debt per resident in FY2021, 68% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Craig compared with?
Craig is compared with Delta, Cortez, Glenwood Springs, Rifle and Alamosa: 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
2021 estimate
Median household income
$51.6K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
17.3%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$182.1K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
11.2%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Craig, 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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