Eads · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Eads, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Kiowa County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 642 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 586 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2021). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Eads: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Eads collected $1,155 per resident (including city-run utilities), 34% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 10% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 25% below its peers, and 50% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 5.2× 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)

$1,155

10% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,285
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 32% 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)

$428

70% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,443
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 6% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$353

25% below peers

Peer median: $473
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 24% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,754

5.2× peers

Peer median: $534
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 78% 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 · $1,155

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,155 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $677K ÷ population 586 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U50 Private donations
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

Eads runs city-owned utilities, which add 40.5% 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 586 residents, small changes in Eads's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Debt per resident is 5.2× 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 Eads; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $92 per resident, 82% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 57% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,155

per resident10% below peers

Money in: Eads 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
	$468	$298	57% above peerspeers $298	40%

Water utility charges $468 · peers $298 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$314	$223	41% above peerspeers $223	27%

Solid waste charges $159 · peers $58 Sewer charges $142 · peers $129 Parks & recreation charges $14 · peers $12 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$213	$256	17% below peerspeers $256	18%

General sales tax $213 · peers $256 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$140	$191	27% below peerspeers $191	12%

Property tax $140 · peers $191 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$19	$41	54% below peerspeers $41	2%

Private donations $14 · peers $0 Interest earnings $3 · peers $1 Fines & forfeits $2 · peers $1 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U50 Private donations
	$2	$87	98% below peerspeers $87	<1%

State aid $2 · peers $87 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid
None reported · peers $29	$0	$29	None reported	0%

Eads reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$428

per resident70% below peers

Money out: Eads 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
	$128	$173	26% below peerspeers $173	30%

Central staff services $96 · peers $69 Financial administration $27 · peers $28 Judicial & legal $5 · peers $13 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services
	$109	$95	14% above peerspeers $95	26%

Police $102 · peers $37 Fire protection $7 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E24 Fire protection E62 Police
	$92	$512	82% below peerspeers $512	22%

Water utility $72 · peers $211 Solid waste $10 · peers $187 Sewer $10 · peers $117 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$75	$46	64% above peerspeers $46	18%

Interest on debt $75 · peers $46 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
	$22	$120	81% below peerspeers $120	5%

Parks & recreation $22 · peers $85 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$2	$269	99% below peerspeers $269	<1%

Airport $2 · peers $0 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E01 Airport

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Eads 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

Eads compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
EadsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 40.5% 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.	$1,155	$428	$353	$213	$2,754
StrattonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.3% 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.	$1,158	$863	$435	$194	Not reported for this year
WalshUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.9% 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.	$1,411	$1,020	$511	$318	$1,603
HugoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.4% 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.	$1,619	$1,867	$789	$487	$534
OtisUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.8% 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.	$579	Withheld Otis · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 29% 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.	$136	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$1,285	$1,443	$473	$318	$534

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
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Colorado median (Census of Governments years only)

Revenue 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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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,155	$1,285	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,635	$1,049	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$428	$1,443	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,503	Benchmark unavailable	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue 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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$353	$473	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$591	$524	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,754	$534	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,206	Benchmark unavailable	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Eads’s finances

How much revenue does Eads collect per resident?: Eads collected $1,155 per resident in FY2016, 34% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Eads's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Eads spent $428 per resident in FY2016, 70% below the median of its peers: Stratton, Walsh, Hugo and Otis. See the figure
How much debt does Eads have per resident?: Eads carried $2,754 of debt per resident in FY2016, 5.2× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Eads compared with?: Eads is compared with Stratton, Walsh, Hugo and Otis: 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): −1.2%/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 Eastern Plains

Stratton$1,566 · FY2021
Simla$538 · FY2021
Flagler$1,998 · FY2021
Swink$1,049 · FY2021
Cheyenne Wells$1,495 · FY2021
Kiowa$733 · FY2021
Walsh$1,685 · FY2021
Hugo$1,619 · FY2016

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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Eads · 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

Eads and its peers

Trends

Questions about Eads’s finances

Community context

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Utilities & environment is Eads’s largest difference from its peers (82% below the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.