Dinosaur · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Dinosaur, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Moffat County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 242 (2025 estimate) · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2016). 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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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Debt per resident runs 27% above peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.

Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 3.8x the peer median
Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 6.0x 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)

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

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$6,748

2.3× peers

Peer median: $2,874
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 92% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +27.8%/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)

$653

27% above peers

Peer median: $516
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 27% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +0.4%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident ·

Withheld pending verification

1Withheld
Revenue per resident is 3.8x the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Dinosaur’s audited financial report.
2Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U20 Interest earnings
- U99 Miscellaneous
3Source 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

With about 242 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, FY2021. Bars show Dinosaur; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.2× 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 Utilities & environment: $3,624 per resident, 3.9× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Dinosaur’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$6,748

per resident2.3× peers

Money out: Dinosaur 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
	$3,624	$936	3.9× peerspeers $936	54%

Sewer $3,045 · peers $306 incl. $2,285 construction Water utility $579 · peers $419 incl. $2,285 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility F80 Sewer
	$1,558	$1,795	13% below peerspeers $1,795	23%

General government (other) $1,558 · peers $172 incl. $938 construction incl. $938 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$1,281	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	19%

Police $1,281 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$248	$15	16.9× peerspeers $15	4%

Parks & recreation $248 · peers $15 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$37	$7	5.6× peerspeers $7	1%

Interest on debt $37 · peers $7 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt I91 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $100	$0	$100	None reported	0%

Dinosaur reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Dinosaur compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
DinosaurRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.	Withheld Dinosaur · Revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Revenue per resident is 3.8x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$6,748	Withheld Dinosaur · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 6.0x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$1,888	$653
Red CliffUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.6% 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.	$2,972	$3,303	$1,189	$398	$516
Creede	Withheld Creede · Revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Revenue per resident is 3.8x 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 Creede · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 3.4x 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 Creede · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 3.9x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Creede · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 6.5x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$2,871
RicoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.2% 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.	$1,918	$1,402	$1,160	$752	Not reported for this year
AlmaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.7× the Colorado median.	$2,983	$2,445	$1,809	$1,431	$294
Silver PlumeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.5% 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.	$2,874	$3,930	$1,337	$920	Not reported for this year
Peer median	Benchmark unavailable	$2,874	Benchmark unavailable	$836	$516

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

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 does Dinosaur's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Dinosaur spent $6,748 per resident in FY2021, 2.3× the median of its peers: Red Cliff, Creede, Rico, Alma and Silver Plume. See the figure
How much debt does Dinosaur have per resident?: Dinosaur carried $653 of debt per resident in FY2021, 27% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Dinosaur compared with?: Dinosaur is compared with Red Cliff, Creede, Rico, Alma and Silver Plume: 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): −5.9%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $53.1K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 7.0%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $115.9K; 2019 estimate · nearest year to FY2021
Housing vacancy rate: 56.7%; 2021 estimate

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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

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2015-2019 · 2019
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2015-2019 (opens in a new tab)
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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Dinosaur · 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

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 (3.9× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.