Cripple Creek · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Cripple Creek, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Teller County · Pikes Peak · statutory city · Pop. 1,120 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,155 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Cripple Creek: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Cripple Creek collected $10,350 per resident (including city-run utilities), 4.2× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 5.9× its peers. Debt per resident runs 2.6× peers.

Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer 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)

$10,350

5.9× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,748
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 96% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$7,932

6.2× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,276
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 94% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −2.0%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
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: Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars: Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$965

2.6× peers

Peer median: $374
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 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.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 37% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +0.1%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $10,350

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$10,350 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $12M ÷ population 1,155 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A44 Streets & highways charges
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- A94 Transit charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T21 Licenses & permits
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U50 Private donations
- 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

Cripple Creek runs city-owned utilities, which add 9.3% 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 1,155 residents, small changes in Cripple Creek's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Debt per resident is 2.6× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $3,149 per resident, 9.7× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 8.8× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$10,350

per resident5.9× peers

Money in: Cripple Creek 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
	$1,574	$178	8.8× peerspeers $178	15%

State aid $1,401 · peers $49 Local government aid $173 · peers $34 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$1,209	$95	12.7× peerspeers $95	12%

Miscellaneous $1,183 · peers $43 Private donations $16 · peers $0 Fines & forfeits $8 · peers $0 Interest earnings $3 · peers $1 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U50 Private donations U99 Miscellaneous
	$966	$386	2.5× peerspeers $386	9%

Water utility charges $945 · peers $386 Transit charges $22 · peers $0 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges A94 Transit charges
	$365	$405	10% below peerspeers $405	4%

Sewer charges $252 · peers $288 Streets & highways charges $67 · peers $0 Parks & recreation charges $47 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A44 Streets & highways charges A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges
	Withheld Cripple Creek · Sales tax · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$392	Withheldpeers $392	Withheld

General sales tax Withheld Cripple Creek · General sales tax · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $392 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	Withheld Cripple Creek · Property tax · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$214	Withheldpeers $214	Withheld

Property tax Withheld Cripple Creek · Property tax · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $214 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	Withheld Cripple Creek · Other taxes · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$83	Withheldpeers $83	Withheld

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) Withheld Cripple Creek · Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $30 Licenses & permits Withheld Cripple Creek · Licenses & permits · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $16 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits T21 Licenses & permits T24 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$7,932

per resident6.2× peers

Money out: Cripple Creek 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
	$3,149	$325	9.7× peerspeers $325	40%

General government (other) $2,132 · peers $175 incl. $413 construction Central staff services $784 · peers $34 Financial administration $233 · peers $0 incl. $413 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E29 Central staff services E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$987	$64	15.5× peerspeers $64	12%

Transit $706 · peers $0 incl. $226 construction Streets & highways $281 · peers $64 incl. $16 construction incl. $242 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways E94 Transit F44 Streets & highways F94 Transit
	$964	$600	61% above peerspeers $600	12%

Water utility $575 · peers $412 Sewer $389 · peers $192 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
	$371	$50	7.5× peerspeers $50	5%

Parks & recreation $371 · peers $50 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$29	$1	43.5× peerspeers $1	<1%

Health $29 · peers $1 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E32 Health
	$25	$17	47% above peerspeers $17	<1%

Interest on debt $25 · peers $17 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
	$1	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	<1%

Commercial activities (other) $1 · peers $0 Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above. Census line items E03 Commercial activities (other)
	Withheld Cripple Creek · Public safety · FY2021 Reason: Police spending per resident is 11.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Peer median unavailable	Withheld	Withheld

Fire protection $1,060 · peers $0 Police Withheld Cripple Creek · Police · FY2021 Reason: Police spending per resident is 11.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E24 Fire protection E62 Police

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Cripple 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Cripple Creek compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Cripple CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.3% 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.	$10,350	$7,932	Withheld Cripple Creek · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$803	$965
CalhanUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.1% 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.	$1,748	$1,398	$840	$686	$117
La VetaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.7% 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.	$1,913	Withheld La Veta · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 5.9x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$858	$699	Not reported for this year
PierceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.6% 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.	$2,023	$1,720	$773	$392	$49
GilcrestUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.0% 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.	$1,696	$1,068	$620	$199	$632
Deer TrailUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.4% 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.	$1,174	$1,155	Withheld Deer Trail · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 15% 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	$1,781
Peer median	$1,748	$1,276	Benchmark unavailable	$539	$374

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

FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 6.8x the peer median

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 6.8x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$10,350	$1,748	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023	$12,052	$3,155	$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)

Expenditures per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$8,791	$1,534	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$7,932	$1,276	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023	$6,184	$3,197	$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 9.9x the peer median
FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median
FY2023 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 6.5x 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 9.9x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 8.1x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 6.5x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$962	$961	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$965	$374	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023	$1,351	$2,333	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Cripple Creek’s finances

How much revenue does Cripple Creek collect per resident?: Cripple Creek collected $10,350 per resident in FY2021, 4.2× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Cripple Creek's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Cripple Creek spent $7,932 per resident in FY2021, 6.2× the median of its peers: Calhan, La Veta, Pierce, Gilcrest and Deer Trail. See the figure
How much debt does Cripple Creek have per resident?: Cripple Creek carried $965 of debt per resident in FY2021, 2.6× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Cripple Creek compared with?: Cripple Creek is compared with Calhan, La Veta, Pierce, Gilcrest and Deer Trail: 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): −1.2%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $34.2K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 19.9%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $128.3K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 37.5%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Pikes Peak

Calhan$1,748 · FY2021
Green Mountain Falls$1,366 · FY2021
Victor
Ramah$908 · FY2021
Palmer Lake$1,577 · FY2021
Manitou Springs$6,486 · FY2023
Woodland Park$2,268 · FY2021
Monument$1,840 · FY2023

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)

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Cripple Creek · 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

Cripple Creek and its peers

Trends

Questions about Cripple Creek’s finances

Community context

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Also in Pikes Peak

Sources

General government is Cripple Creek’s largest difference from its peers (9.7× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.