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Crested Butte · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Gunnison County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 1,693 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,574 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Crested Butte: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Crested Butte collected $6,175 per resident (including city-run utilities), 3.5× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 80% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 58% above its peers, and 5.1× the state median. Debt per resident runs 7% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.2× the Colorado median.

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)

$6,175
80% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,433
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 95% 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)

$5,624
91% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,944
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 93% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$3,602
58% above peers
Peer median
$2,283
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 96% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,039
7% below peers
Peer median
$1,117
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 49% 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 · $6,175
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $6,175 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $9.7M ÷ population 1,574 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D30 Local government aid
    • D80 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T27 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Crested Butte runs city-owned utilities, which add 7.0% 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 1,574 residents, small changes in Crested Butte's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Crested Butte's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.2× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

The biggest difference from peers is Parks, libraries & community: $1,573 per resident, 4.6× the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 12.7× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$6,175
per resident80% above peers
Money in: Crested Butte revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,76834% abovepeers $1,320
$1,09812.7×peers $86
$95112.5×peers $76
$8242.5×peers $328
$73616% belowpeers $877
$435in line withpeers $446
$36321% abovepeers $300
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$5,624
per resident91% above peers
Money out: Crested Butte spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,5734.6×peers $342
$1,31364% abovepeers $800
$1,09531% abovepeers $837
$82684% abovepeers $448
$7622.3×peers $334
$5520% abovepeers $46
None reported · peers $26$0None reported
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Crested Butte 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
Crested Butte compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Crested ButteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.0% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.2× the Colorado median.$6,175$5,624$3,602$1,768$1,039
KremmlingUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.7% 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.$1,390$1,277$729$560$1,117
Mountain VillageUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 8.0× the Colorado median.$20,043$16,018$10,090$4,448$8,882
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.0% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.4× the Colorado median.$3,433$2,944$2,283$1,320$4,462
Peer median$3,433$2,944$2,283$940$1,117

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 $6,175 to FY2023 $14,925.$0$12K$24.1K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $3,433Peer median FY2021: $5,022Peer median FY2023: $24,068Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $6,175FY2021: $10,983FY2023: $14,925

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$6,175$3,433$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$10,983$5,022$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$14,925$24,068$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $5,624 to FY2023 $21,607.$0$10.8K$21.6K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,944Peer median FY2021: $4,813Peer median FY2023: $18,874Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $5,624FY2021: $9,068FY2023: $21,607. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

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.

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$5,624$2,944$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$9,068$4,813$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$21,607$18,874$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $3,602 to FY2023 $8,217.$0$5.3K$10.5K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,283Peer median FY2021: $3,967Peer median FY2023: $10,545Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,602FY2021: $8,453FY2023: $8,217

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$3,602$2,283$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$8,453$3,967$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$8,217$10,545$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,039 to FY2023 $9,276.$0$12.4K$24.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,117Peer median FY2021: $2,969Peer median FY2023: $24,791Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,039FY2021: $2,968FY2023: $9,276

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$1,039$1,117$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$2,968$2,969$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$9,276$24,791$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Crested Butte’s finances

How much revenue does Crested Butte collect per resident?
Crested Butte collected $6,175 per resident in FY2016, 3.5× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Crested Butte's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Crested Butte spent $5,624 per resident in FY2016, 91% above the median of its peers: Kremmling, Mountain Village and Granby. See the figure
How much debt does Crested Butte have per resident?
Crested Butte carried $1,039 of debt per resident in FY2016, 7% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Crested Butte compared with?
Crested Butte is compared with Kremmling, Mountain Village and Granby: 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)
+1.1%/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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Sources

Dataset: Crested Butte, 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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