Crowley · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Crowley, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Crowley County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 155 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 171 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

City website (opens in a new tab)

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Crowley collected $2,374 per resident (including city-run utilities), in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 41% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 95% 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)

$2,374

41% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,687
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 46% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +4.6%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,854

6% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,747
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 41% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$53

95% below CO median

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: Lowest of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −7.4%/yr

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 · $2,374

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$2,374 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $406K ÷ population 171 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- B89 Federal aid
- T01 Property tax
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

Crowley runs city-owned utilities, which add 13.1% 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 171 residents, small changes in Crowley'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 Crowley; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,614 per resident, 55% above the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 5.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,374

per resident41% above peers

Money in: Crowley 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
	$1,836	$360	5.1× peerspeers $360	77%

Sewer charges $1,725 · peers $129 Solid waste charges $111 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$310	$296	in line with peerspeers $296	13%

Water utility charges $310 · peers $296 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$175	$732	76% below peerspeers $732	7%

Federal aid $175 · peers $0 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid
Peer median unavailable	$53	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	2%

Property tax $53 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
None reported · peers $4	$0	$4	None reported	0%

Crowley reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property.
None reported	$0	Peer median unavailable	None reported	0%

Crowley reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,854

per resident6% above peers

Money out: Crowley 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
	$1,614	$1,042	55% above peerspeers $1,042	87%

Sewer $1,450 · peers $192 Water utility $164 · peers $577 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
	$240	$553	57% below peerspeers $553	13%

Central staff services $187 · peers $137 General public buildings $53 · peers $0 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings
None reported · peers $38	$0	$38	None reported	0%

Crowley reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.
None reported · peers $9	$0	$9	None reported	0%

Crowley reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development.
None reported · peers $9	$0	$9	None reported	0%

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

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Crowley 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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Crowley compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
CrowleyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.1% 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.	$2,374	$1,854	$53	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
BethuneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.4% 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.	$1,168	Withheld Bethune · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 33% 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 Bethune · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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	$1,011
SeibertUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.3% 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.	$2,087	$1,808	Withheld Seibert · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$622	$372
CherawUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.7% 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.	$1,687	$1,687	$112	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$1,687	$1,747	Benchmark unavailable	Not reported for this year	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

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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	$1,899	$3,218	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$2,374	$1,687	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 27.2x 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 27.2x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,854	$1,747	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$77	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$53	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Questions about Crowley’s finances

How much revenue does Crowley collect per resident?: Crowley collected $2,374 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Crowley's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Crowley spent $1,854 per resident in FY2021, 6% above the median of its peers: Bethune, Seibert and Cheraw. See the figure
Which cities is Crowley compared with?: Crowley is compared with Bethune, Seibert and Cheraw: 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): +0.4%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $50.4K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 18.3%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $57.5K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 6.7%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Genoa$1,109 · FY2021
Sedgwick$3,218 · FY2016
Seibert$2,087 · FY2021
Crook$893 · FY2021
Bethune$1,168 · FY2021
Peetz$646 · FY2016
Arriba$1,182 · FY2021
Pritchett$1,164 · FY2022

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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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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Crowley · 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

Crowley and its peers

Trends

Questions about Crowley’s finances

Community context

Explore further

Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

Utilities & environment is Crowley’s largest difference from its peers (55% above the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.