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Dillon · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Summit County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 1,029 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 972 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Dillon: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Dillon collected $11,299 per resident (including city-run utilities), 6.5× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 3.2× its peers. Debt per resident runs 4.8× peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7.8x the peer 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)

$11,299
3.2× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,543
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 99% 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)

$10,677
3.4× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,153
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 99% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$12,496
4.8× peers
Peer median
$2,583
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 99% 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 · $11,299
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $11,299 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $11M ÷ population 972 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C50 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Dillon runs city-owned utilities, which add 9.5% 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 972 residents, small changes in Dillon's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 4.8× 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, FY2016. Bars show Dillon; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Parks, libraries & community: $3,300 per resident, 58.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 4.5× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$11,299
per resident3.2× peers
Money in: Dillon revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2,3564.5×peers $523
$1,07641% abovepeers $766
$4605.4×peers $86
$36760% belowpeers $925
Withheld
Withheld
Withheld
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$10,677
per resident3.4× peers
Money out: Dillon spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$3,30058.2×peers $57
$2,6782.4×peers $1,102
$1,82292% abovepeers $948
$1,287in line withpeers $1,273
$9912.0×peers $484
$5975.1×peers $117
$2No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Dillon 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

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Dillon compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
DillonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.5% 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.$11,299$10,677$12,496
GeorgetownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.4% 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.$2,819$3,153$668$4,659
Mt. Crested ButteRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.5× the Colorado median.$3,931$6,457$1,924$2,583
Winter Park$10,509$10,124$8,067
IgnacioUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 27.6% 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.$2,778$2,306$727
Oak CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 37.0% 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.$3,543$1,923$2,165
Peer median$3,543$3,153Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$2,583

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 $11,299 to FY2022 $22,632.$0$11.3K$22.6K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $3,543Peer median FY2018: $6,941Peer median FY2019: $7,660Peer median FY2020: $8,532Peer median FY2021: $4,286Peer median FY2022: $9,508Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $11,299FY2018: $15,240FY2019: $15,821FY2020: $15,053FY2021: $19,877FY2022: $22,632

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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$11,299$3,543$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$15,240$6,941$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$15,821$7,660$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$15,053$8,532$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$19,877$4,286$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$22,632$9,508$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $10,677 to FY2022 $23,135.$0$11.6K$23.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $3,153Peer median FY2018: $9,854Peer median FY2019: $8,541Peer median FY2020: $8,171Peer median FY2021: $7,635Peer median FY2022: $9,302Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $10,677FY2018: $14,703FY2019: $15,449FY2020: $14,371FY2021: $15,016FY2022: $23,135. 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 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$10,677$3,153$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$14,703$9,854$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$15,449$8,541$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$14,371$8,171$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$15,016$7,635$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$23,135$9,302$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2018 $8,381 to FY2022 $12,779. 1 year withheld.$0$6.4K$12.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $6,296Peer median FY2019: $6,884Peer median FY2020: $5,171Peer median FY2022: $6,062Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $8,381FY2019: $8,858FY2020: $8,664FY2021: $10,987FY2022: $12,779FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 7.8x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7.8x the peer median

Peer group changed in 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 7.8x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$8,381$6,296$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$8,858$6,884$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$8,664$5,171$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$10,987Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$12,779$6,062$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $12,496 to FY2022 $15,707.$0$8.3K$16.6K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,583Peer median FY2018: $2,033Peer median FY2019: $4,680Peer median FY2020: $4,103Peer median FY2021: $1,664Peer median FY2022: $9,067Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $12,496FY2018: $11,235FY2019: $10,431FY2020: $9,044FY2021: $16,567FY2022: $15,707

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.

Show data table
Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$12,496$2,583$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$11,235$2,033$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$10,431$4,680$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$9,044$4,103$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$16,567$1,664$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$15,707$9,067$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Dillon’s finances

How much revenue does Dillon collect per resident?
Dillon collected $11,299 per resident in FY2016, 6.5× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Dillon's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Dillon spent $10,677 per resident in FY2016, 3.4× the median of its peers: Georgetown, Mt. Crested Butte, Winter Park, Ignacio and Oak Creek. See the figure
How much debt does Dillon have per resident?
Dillon carried $12,496 of debt per resident in FY2016, 4.8× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Dillon compared with?
Dillon is compared with Georgetown, Mt. Crested Butte, Winter Park, Ignacio and Oak Creek: 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)
+1.5%/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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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Dillon, 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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