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Dolores · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Montezuma County · Southwest · statutory town · Pop. 933 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 950 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Dolores: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Dolores collected $966 per resident (including city-run utilities), 45% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 73% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 66% below peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other years

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)

$966
73% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,543
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 22% 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)

$1,088
53% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,306
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 26% 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)

$735
66% below peers
Peer median
$2,165
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 38% 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 · $966
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $966 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $918K ÷ population 950 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C79 State aid
    • D30 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T27 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Dolores runs city-owned utilities, which add 16.3% 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 950 residents, small changes in Dolores's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Dolores's FY2016 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, FY2016. Bars show Dolores; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $347 per resident, 71% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 79% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$966
per resident73% below peers
Money in: Dolores revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$27248% belowpeers $523
$16694% abovepeers $86
$15879% belowpeers $766
$3890% belowpeers $367
Withheld
Withheld
Withheld
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,088
per resident53% below peers
Money out: Dolores spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$34771% belowpeers $1,186
$242No peer comparisonpeers $0
$17982% belowpeers $974
$11542% belowpeers $199
$9436% belowpeers $147
$8181% belowpeers $437
$3174% belowpeers $117
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Dolores 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
Dolores compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
DoloresUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.3% 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.$966$1,088$735
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
Mt. Crested ButteRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.5× the Colorado median.$3,931$6,457$1,924$2,583
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
RidgwayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.8% 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.$2,373$1,940$1,352$779$775
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$2,306Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$2,165

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 $966 to FY2023 $2,484.$0$6.9K$13.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $3,543Peer median FY2021: $2,602Peer median FY2023: $13,790Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $966FY2021: $2,150FY2023: $2,484

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$966$3,543$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,150$2,602$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$2,484$13,790$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,088 to FY2021 $1,698. 1 year withheld.$0$1.2K$2.3K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,306Peer median FY2021: $1,726Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,088FY2021: $1,698FY2023: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 15% of the peer median

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.

  • FY2023 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 15% of the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$1,088$2,306$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,698$1,726$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 15% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $1,100. 2 years withheld.$0$695.9$1.4K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $1,392Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,100FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2023: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2023 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,100$1,392$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $735 to FY2023 $245.$0$12.7K$25.5K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,165Peer median FY2021: $761Peer median FY2023: $25,474Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $735FY2021: $313FY2023: $245

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$735$2,165$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$313$761$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$245$25,474$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Dolores’s finances

How much revenue does Dolores collect per resident?
Dolores collected $966 per resident in FY2016, 45% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Dolores's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Dolores spent $1,088 per resident in FY2016, 53% below the median of its peers: Ignacio, Mt. Crested Butte, Dillon, Ridgway and Oak Creek. See the figure
How much debt does Dolores have per resident?
Dolores carried $735 of debt per resident in FY2016, 66% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Dolores compared with?
Dolores is compared with Ignacio, Mt. Crested Butte, Dillon, Ridgway 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)
+0.5%/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: Dolores, 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

Utilities & environment is Dolores’s largest difference from its peers (71% below the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.

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