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Eaton · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 5,848 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 5,258 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Eaton collected $1,046 per resident (including city-run utilities), 40% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 53% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 92% above peers.

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)

$1,046
48% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,000
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 27% 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)

$1,037
24% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,357
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 24% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$366
53% below peers
Peer median
$787
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 25% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,074
92% above peers
Peer median
$558
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 50% 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 · $1,046
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $1,046 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $5.5M ÷ population 5,258 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Eaton runs city-owned utilities, which add 20.1% 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
  • Part of Eaton'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 Eaton; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $184 per resident, 56% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 36% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,046
per resident48% below peers
Money in: Eaton revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$25662% abovepeers $158
$24136% belowpeers $375
$21026% belowpeers $282
$15315% belowpeers $180
$9824% belowpeers $129
$6057% belowpeers $142
$2875% belowpeers $113
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,037
per resident24% below peers
Money out: Eaton spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$39731% belowpeers $572
$18456% belowpeers $421
$16796% abovepeers $85
$16524% belowpeers $218
$8844% belowpeers $156
$352.0×peers $18
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Eaton 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

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Eaton compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
EatonUtilities: 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.$1,046$1,037$366$241$1,074
Mead$1,149$1,133$787$400$398
LochbuieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.2% 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.$2,000$1,273$355$219$558
DaconoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.3% 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.$1,387$1,357$808$363$605
BerthoudUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.6% 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.$3,154$2,895$524$375$168
Manitou SpringsRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.0× the Colorado median.$2,111$2,043$1,679$1,106$1,847
Peer median$2,000$1,357$787$375$558

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 $1,046 to FY2021 $1,473.$0$1.6K$3.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,000Peer median FY2021: $3,154Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,046FY2021: $1,473

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$1,046$2,000$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,473$3,154$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,037. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,357Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,037FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 13% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 13% of the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,037$1,357$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 13% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $366. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $787Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $366FY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$366$787$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,074 to FY2021 $358.$0$2.1K$4.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $558Peer median FY2021: $4,216Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,074FY2021: $358

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,074$558$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$358$4,216$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Eaton’s finances

How much revenue does Eaton collect per resident?
Eaton collected $1,046 per resident in FY2016, 40% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Eaton's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Eaton spent $1,037 per resident in FY2016, 24% below the median of its peers: Mead, Lochbuie, Dacono, Berthoud and Manitou Springs. See the figure
How much debt does Eaton have per resident?
Eaton carried $1,074 of debt per resident in FY2016, 92% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Eaton compared with?
Eaton is compared with Mead, Lochbuie, Dacono, Berthoud and Manitou Springs: 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)
+3.3%/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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Sources

Dataset: Eaton, 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

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