Dinosaur · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Dinosaur, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Moffat County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 242 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 328 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Dinosaur collected $3,192 per resident (including city-run utilities), 83% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 2.3× its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 10% above its peers, but 46% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 66% below peers.

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)

$3,192

2.3× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,378
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 79% 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)

$1,979

84% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,078
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 57% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$378

10% above peers

Peer median: $344
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 27% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$640

66% below peers

Peer median: $1,891
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 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: Higher than 36% 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 · $3,192

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$3,192 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $1M ÷ population 328 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- C80 State aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U40 Rents
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Dinosaur runs city-owned utilities, which add 7.4% 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 328 residents, small changes in Dinosaur's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,393 per resident, 4.1× the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 7.9× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,192

per resident2.3× peers

Money in: Dinosaur revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$1,421	$180	7.9× peerspeers $180	45%

Sewer charges $1,421 · peers $145 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges
	$1,119	$214	5.2× peerspeers $214	35%

State aid $1,119 · peers $111 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid C80 State aid C89 State aid
	$238	$401	41% below peerspeers $401	7%

Water utility charges $238 · peers $401 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$210	$171	23% above peerspeers $171	7%

General sales tax $210 · peers $171 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$91	$3	28.9× peerspeers $3	3%

Other taxes $67 · peers $0 Licenses & permits $24 · peers $3 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T28 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes
	$76	$171	55% below peerspeers $171	2%

Property tax $76 · peers $171 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$37	$109	66% below peerspeers $109	1%

Fines & forfeits $30 · peers $20 Rents $6 · peers $4 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U30 Fines & forfeits U40 Rents

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,979

per resident84% above peers

Money out: Dinosaur spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$1,393	$340	4.1× peerspeers $340	70%

Sewer $1,116 · peers $81 Water utility $277 · peers $150 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
	$412	$356	16% above peerspeers $356	21%

General government (other) $284 · peers $65 Central staff services $76 · peers $210 Judicial & legal $27 · peers $0 General public buildings $24 · peers $7 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other)
	$149	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	8%

Police $149 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$24	$4	6.4× peerspeers $4	1%

Interest on debt $24 · peers $4 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $162	$0	$162	None reported	0%

Dinosaur reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.
None reported · peers $153	$0	$153	None reported	0%

Dinosaur reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Dinosaur 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

Dinosaur compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
DinosaurUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.4% 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.	$3,192	$1,979	$378	$210	$640
CreedeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.2% 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.	$3,786	$1,078	Withheld Creede · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 6.2x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$751	$3,320
BlancaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.1% 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.	$1,073	Withheld Blanca · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 30% 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.	$344	$171	$960
CrawfordUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 26.4% 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.	$945	$701	$190	$126	Not reported for this year
RicoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.9% 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.	$1,683	$1,355	$817	$416	$61
Peer median	$1,378	$1,078	$344	$293	$1,891

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

FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 3.8x the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,192	$1,378	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 3.8x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures 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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,979	$1,078	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$6,748	$2,874	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 6.0x the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$378	$344	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 6.0x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt 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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$640	$1,891	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$653	$516	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Dinosaur’s finances

How much revenue does Dinosaur collect per resident?: Dinosaur collected $3,192 per resident in FY2016, 83% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Dinosaur's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Dinosaur spent $1,979 per resident in FY2016, 84% above the median of its peers: Creede, Blanca, Crawford and Rico. See the figure
How much debt does Dinosaur have per resident?: Dinosaur carried $640 of debt per resident in FY2016, 66% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Dinosaur compared with?: Dinosaur is compared with Creede, Blanca, Crawford and Rico: 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): −0.1%/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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Also in Western Slope

Collbran$4,840 · FY2021
Crawford$945 · FY2016
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Naturita$2,797 · FY2021
Nucla$1,311 · FY2021
Ouray$10,701 · FY2021
Hotchkiss$2,602 · FY2021
Ridgway$3,618 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - 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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Dinosaur · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 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

Dinosaur and its peers

Trends

Questions about Dinosaur’s finances

Community context

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Also in Western Slope

Sources

Utilities & environment is Dinosaur’s largest difference from its peers (4.1× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.