Crawford · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Crawford, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Delta County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 411 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 421 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Crawford: 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

Crawford collected $945 per resident (including city-run utilities), 46% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 12% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 51% below its peers, and 73% 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)

$945

12% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,073
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 18% 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)

$701

49% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,371
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 13% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$190

51% below peers

Peer median: $391
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 15% 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 · $945

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$945 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $398K ÷ population 421 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T24 Licenses & permits
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U40 Rents
- 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

Crawford runs city-owned utilities, which add 26.4% 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 421 residents, small changes in Crawford'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 Crawford; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $340 per resident, 51% below the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 41% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$945

per resident12% below peers

Money in: Crawford 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
	$249	$227	10% above peerspeers $227	26%

Water utility charges $249 · peers $227 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$240	$207	16% above peerspeers $207	25%

Sewer charges $240 · peers $198 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges
	$164	$276	41% below peerspeers $276	17%

State aid $164 · peers $276 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid C89 State aid
	$126	$210	40% below peerspeers $210	13%

General sales tax $126 · peers $210 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$102	$44	2.3× peerspeers $44	11%

Miscellaneous $81 · peers $42 Fines & forfeits $14 · peers $2 Rents $7 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U30 Fines & forfeits U40 Rents U99 Miscellaneous
	$48	$13	3.5× peerspeers $13	5%

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $40 · peers $0 Licenses & permits $7 · peers $4 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T24 Licenses & permits
	$17	$120	86% below peerspeers $120	2%

Property tax $17 · peers $120 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$701

per resident49% below peers

Money out: Crawford 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
	$340	$692	51% below peerspeers $692	48%

Sewer $190 · peers $356 Water utility $150 · peers $277 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
	$285	$409	30% below peerspeers $409	41%

Central staff services $162 · peers $76 General government (other) $90 · peers $284 incl. $90 construction Financial administration $26 · peers $0 General public buildings $7 · peers $0 incl. $90 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings F89 General government (other)
	$71	$144	51% below peerspeers $144	10%

Streets & highways $71 · peers $144 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$5	$10	51% below peerspeers $10	1%

Parks & recreation $5 · peers $10 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $149	$0	$149	None reported	0%

Crawford reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.
None reported · peers $8	$0	$8	None reported	0%

Crawford reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Interest paid on the municipality's debt.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Crawford 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

Crawford compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
CrawfordUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 26.4% 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.	$945	$701	$190	$126	Not reported for this year
NaturitaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.3% 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.	$2,192	$1,271	$649	$518	$202
BlancaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.1% 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.	$1,073	Withheld Blanca · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 30% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$344	$171	$960
DinosaurUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.4% 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.	$3,192	$1,979	$378	$210	$640
SaguacheUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.9% 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.	$910	$1,371	$404	$250	Not reported for this year
RomeoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.1% 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.	$951	Withheld Romeo · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 27% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Romeo · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 32% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Not reported for this year	$178
Peer median	$1,073	$1,371	$391	$230	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 30% of the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$945	$1,073	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 30% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$701	$1,371	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,546	$1,601	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$190	$391	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$365	$723	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Questions about Crawford’s finances

How much revenue does Crawford collect per resident?: Crawford collected $945 per resident in FY2016, 46% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Crawford's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Crawford spent $701 per resident in FY2016, 49% below the median of its peers: Naturita, Blanca, Dinosaur, Saguache and Romeo. See the figure
Which cities is Crawford compared with?: Crawford is compared with Naturita, Blanca, Dinosaur, Saguache and Romeo: 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; 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 Western Slope

Collbran$4,840 · FY2021
De Beque
Naturita$2,797 · FY2021
Nucla$1,311 · FY2021
Dinosaur$3,192 · FY2016
Ouray$10,701 · FY2021
Hotchkiss$2,602 · FY2021
Ridgway$3,618 · 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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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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Crawford · 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

Crawford and its peers

Trends

Questions about Crawford’s finances

Community context

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Also in Western Slope

Sources

Utilities & environment is Crawford’s largest difference from its peers (51% below the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.