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Del Norte · FY2020 municipal finance benchmarks

Rio Grande County · San Luis Valley · statutory town · Pop. 1,396 (2025 estimate); FY2020 per-resident figures use 1,456 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

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

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FY2020 in brief

Del Norte collected $14,811 per resident (including city-run utilities), 5.4× the median of the 76 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 74% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.2× its peers, and 9.2× the state median. Debt per resident runs 98% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 7.1× the Colorado median.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2020 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$14,811
74% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$8,532
CO median · 76 with a published figure
$2,739
Position
Higher than 95% of the 76 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$11,144
36% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$8,171
CO median · 74 with a published figure
$2,485
Position
Higher than 95% of the 74 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$11,382
2.2× peers
Peer median
$5,171
CO median · 72 with a published figure
$1,238
Position
Higher than 99% of the 72 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$173
98% below peers
Peer median
$7,682
CO median · 71 with a published figure
$1,798
Position
Higher than 6% of the 71 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 · $14,811
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $14,811 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $21.6M ÷ population 1,456 (2020 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A60 Parking charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • B94 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D50 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • 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
    • T51 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Del Norte runs city-owned utilities, which add 6.1% 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 1,456 residents, small changes in Del Norte's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Del Norte's FY2020 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, FY2020. Bars show Del Norte; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 7.1× 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: $4,645 per resident, 2.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 93% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$14,811
per resident74% above peers
Money in: Del Norte revenue per resident by category, FY2020, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$6,92693% abovepeers $3,583
$3,7308.9×peers $419
$1,54426% belowpeers $2,089
$89835% abovepeers $665
$7262.1×peers $340
$49930% belowpeers $713
$48845% belowpeers $892
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 76 reporting

Money out

Spending

$11,144
per resident36% above peers
Money out: Del Norte spending per resident by category, FY2020, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$4,6452.2×peers $2,126
$3,21845% abovepeers $2,221
$1,53380% abovepeers $851
$935in line withpeers $894
$67960% belowpeers $1,704
$13172% belowpeers $466
$1No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 74 reporting

Del Norte 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, FY2020. How peers are chosen

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Del Norte compared with its peer municipalities, FY2020, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Del NorteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.1% of total revenue in FY2020. 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 7.1× the Colorado median.$14,811$11,144$11,382$6,926$173
Mountain VillageUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.7% of total revenue in FY2020. 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 4.5× the Colorado median.$22,993$20,204$10,653$4,349$6,320
IgnacioUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.4% of total revenue in FY2020. 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 2.0× the Colorado median.$3,792$3,202$2,046$1,976Not reported for this year
DillonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.6% of total revenue in FY2020. 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 8.1× the Colorado median.$15,053$14,371$8,664$7,905$9,044
TellurideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.4% of total revenue in FY2020. 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 3.1× the Colorado median.$7,057$8,171$3,836$3,004$20,245
FriscoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.0% of total revenue in FY2020. 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 3.7× the Colorado median.$8,532$5,988$5,171$3,583$1,885
Peer median$8,532$8,171$5,171$3,583$7,682

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 $11,164 to FY2020 $14,811. 2 years withheld.$0$7.4K$14.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,148Peer median FY2018: $6,941Peer median FY2019: $7,660Peer median FY2020: $8,532Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $11,164FY2018: $12,831FY2019: $13,558FY2020: $14,811FY2021: withheld — Revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2022: withheld — Revenue per resident is 16% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2022 withheld: Revenue per resident is 16% of this city's typical level in other years

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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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$11,164$2,148$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$12,831$6,941$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$13,558$7,660$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$14,811$8,532$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021Withheld (Revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Revenue per resident is 16% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $9,286 to FY2020 $11,144. 2 years withheld.$0$5.6K$11.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,464Peer median FY2018: $10,992Peer median FY2019: $8,541Peer median FY2020: $8,171Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $9,286FY2018: $9,854FY2019: $10,398FY2020: $11,144FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 13% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2022: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 15% 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.

  • FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 13% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2022 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 15% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, 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$9,286$1,464$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$9,854$10,992$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$10,398$8,541$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$11,144$8,171$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 13% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 15% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2018 $9,590 to FY2020 $11,382. 3 years withheld.$0$5.7K$11.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $6,296Peer median FY2019: $6,650Peer median FY2020: $5,171Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $9,590FY2019: $10,227FY2020: $11,382FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 16.1x the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2022: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 11% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 16.1x the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2022 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 11% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, 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
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 16.1x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$9,590$6,296$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$10,227$6,650$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$11,382$5,171$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 11% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,927 to FY2022 $3,188.$0$7.7K$15.3K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,080Peer median FY2018: $5,963Peer median FY2019: $8,097Peer median FY2020: $7,682Peer median FY2021: $1,815Peer median FY2022: $15,326Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,927FY2018: $2,033FY2019: $1,097FY2020: $173FY2021: $3,232FY2022: $3,188

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, 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$2,927$2,080$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$2,033$5,963$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,097$8,097$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$173$7,682$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,232$1,815$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$3,188$15,326$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Del Norte’s finances

How much revenue does Del Norte collect per resident?
Del Norte collected $14,811 per resident in FY2020, 5.4× the median of the 76 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Del Norte's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Del Norte spent $11,144 per resident in FY2020, 36% above the median of its peers: Mountain Village, Ignacio, Dillon, Telluride and Frisco. See the figure
How much debt does Del Norte have per resident?
Del Norte carried $173 of debt per resident in FY2020, 98% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Del Norte compared with?
Del Norte is compared with Mountain Village, Ignacio, Dillon, Telluride and Frisco: 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)
−1.4%/yr
2020 estimate
Median household income
$32K
2020 estimate
Poverty rate
17.6%
2020 estimate
Median home value
$103K
2020 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
23.6%
2020 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Del Norte, 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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