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Eads · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Kiowa County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 642 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 674 · Census finance data FY2016, 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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FY2021 in brief

Eads collected $1,635 per resident (including city-run utilities), 34% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 56% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 13% above its peers, but 45% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 15% below the state median.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,635
56% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,049
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 25% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,503
32% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 28% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+28.5%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$591
13% above peers
Peer median
$524
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 22% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+10.8%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,206
15% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 45% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−15.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,635
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,635 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.1M ÷ population 674 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Eads runs city-owned utilities, which add 25.8% 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 674 residents, small changes in Eads'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 Eads; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Fees & charges: $429 per resident, 2.1× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,635
per resident56% above peers
Money in: Eads revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$4292.1×peers $208
$421in line withpeers $421
$34123% abovepeers $277
$24963% abovepeers $153
$13928% belowpeers $194
$5562% abovepeers $34
None reported · peers $98$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,503
per resident
Money out: Eads spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$717No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$291No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$285No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$105No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$58No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$47No peer comparison
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Eads compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
EadsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.8% 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.$1,635$1,503$591$341$1,206
StrattonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.7% 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.$1,566$516$267$1,777
Kiowa$733$533$286Not reported for this year
SimlaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.3% 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.$538Not reported for this year
Cheyenne WellsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 29.2% 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.$1,495$1,177$829$378Not reported for this year
SwinkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 40.2% 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.$1,049$1,133$252Not reported for this year$515
Peer median$1,049Benchmark unavailable$524$286Benchmark unavailable

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
FY2016 $1,155 to FY2021 $1,635.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,285Peer median FY2021: $1,049Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,155FY2021: $1,635

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,155$1,285$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,635$1,049$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $428 to FY2021 $1,503.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,443Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $428FY2021: $1,503

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$428$1,443$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,503Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $353 to FY2021 $591.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $473Peer median FY2021: $524Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $353FY2021: $591

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$353$473$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$591$524$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,754 to FY2021 $1,206.$0$1.4K$2.8K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $534Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,754FY2021: $1,206

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,754$534$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$1,206Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Eads’s finances

How much revenue does Eads collect per resident?
Eads collected $1,635 per resident in FY2021, 34% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Eads's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Eads spent $1,503 per resident in FY2021, 32% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Eads have per resident?
Eads carried $1,206 of debt per resident in FY2021, 15% below the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Eads compared with?
Eads is compared with Stratton, Kiowa, Simla, Cheyenne Wells and Swink: 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)
+2.8%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$45.5K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
10.3%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$83.1K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
15.4%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Eads, 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.

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