Eckley · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Eckley, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Yuma County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 232 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 231 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2023

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Eckley: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2023 in brief

Eckley collected $2,745 per resident (including city-run utilities), 23% below the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 70% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 2.1× 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)

$2,745

28% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $3,802
CO median · 97 with a published figure Median of the 97 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $3,580
Position: Higher than 32% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$6,494

71% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $3,799
CO median · 91 with a published figure Median of the 91 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $3,680
Position: Higher than 80% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$463

70% below peers

Peer median: $1,520
CO median · 90 with a published figure Median of the 90 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,726
Position: Lowest of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$5,762

2.1× peers

Peer median: $2,694
CO median · 91 with a published figure Median of the 91 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,130
Position: Higher than 82% of the 91 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 · $2,745

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$2,745 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $634K ÷ population 231 (2023 estimate)
3Census line items
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U11 Sale of property
- U20 Interest earnings
- U50 Private donations
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2023
  Survey file
  2024
  The 2024 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 is FY2023.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2023
  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

Eckley runs city-owned utilities, which add 13.9% 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 231 residents, small changes in Eckley's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Debt per resident is 2.1× 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, FY2023. Bars show Eckley; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $5,792 per resident, 4.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 9.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,745

per resident28% below peers

Money in: Eckley revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$1,208	$130	9.3× peerspeers $130	44%

State aid $1,208 · peers $55 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid
	$429	$441	in line with peerspeers $441	16%

Sewer charges $290 · peers $155 General government (other) charges $117 · peers $8 Parks & recreation charges $22 · peers $16 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$381	$454	16% below peerspeers $454	14%

Water utility charges $381 · peers $426 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$264	$97	2.7× peerspeers $97	10%

Sale of property $108 · peers $0 Miscellaneous $87 · peers $71 Private donations $65 · peers $0 Interest earnings $4 · peers $37 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U11 Sale of property U20 Interest earnings U50 Private donations U99 Miscellaneous
	$139	$229	40% below peerspeers $229	5%

Property tax $139 · peers $229 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$48	$128	63% below peerspeers $128	2%

Licenses & permits $39 · peers $74 Other taxes $9 · peers $0 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes
	Withheld Eckley · Sales tax · FY2023 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 24% 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.	$737	Withheldpeers $737	Withheld

General sales tax Withheld Eckley · General sales tax · FY2023 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 24% 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. · peers $737 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$6,494

per resident71% above peers

Money out: Eckley spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$5,792	$1,393	4.2× peerspeers $1,393	89%

Water utility $5,273 · peers $494 incl. $4,788 construction Sewer $407 · peers $188 incl. $9 construction Solid waste $104 · peers $178 Natural resources $9 · peers $0 incl. $4,797 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E59 Natural resources E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility F80 Sewer F91 Water utility
	$238	$394	40% below peerspeers $394	4%

General government (other) $238 · peers $394 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other)
	$234	$120	95% above peerspeers $120	4%

Interest on debt $234 · peers $120 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
	$113	$318	65% below peerspeers $318	2%

Parks & recreation $113 · peers $318 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$78	$374	79% below peerspeers $374	1%

Streets & highways $78 · peers $350 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$39	$100	61% below peerspeers $100	1%

Police $22 · peers $100 Fire protection $17 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E24 Fire protection E62 Police

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 91 reporting

Eckley 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, FY2023. How peers are chosen

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Eckley compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
EckleyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.9% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$2,745	$6,494	$463	Withheld Eckley · Sales tax per resident · FY2023 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 24% 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.	$5,762
IliffUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 33.9% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$941	Withheld Iliff · Expenditures per resident · FY2023 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 12% 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.	Withheld Iliff · Tax revenue per resident · FY2023 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 2% 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.	Not reported for this year	$1,693
Olney SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 38.1% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$919	$1,121	Withheld Olney Springs · Tax revenue per resident · FY2023 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 7% 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.	Not reported for this year	$2,694
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.9% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$3,802	$3,754	$1,520	$1,163	$3,726
Grand LakeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.5% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 6.2× the Colorado median.	$13,561	$13,333	$8,681	$7,152	$11,368
Las AnimasUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 56.0% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$4,191	$3,845	$930	$737	$1,277
Peer median	$3,802	$3,799	$1,520	Benchmark unavailable	$2,694

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

Peer group changed in 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$977	$790	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2023	$2,745	$3,802	$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)

Expenditures per resident

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.

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$823	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2023	$6,494	$3,799	$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2023. 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	$115	$101	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2023	$463	$1,520	$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2023. 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	$342	$1,487	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2023	$5,762	$2,694	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Eckley’s finances

How much revenue does Eckley collect per resident?: Eckley collected $2,745 per resident in FY2023, 23% below the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Eckley's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Eckley spent $6,494 per resident in FY2023, 71% above the median of its peers: Iliff, Olney Springs, Limon, Grand Lake and Las Animas. See the figure
How much debt does Eckley have per resident?: Eckley carried $5,762 of debt per resident in FY2023, 2.1× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Eckley compared with?: Eckley is compared with Iliff, Olney Springs, Limon, Grand Lake and Las Animas: 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): −2.3%/yr; 2023 estimate
Median household income: $53.1K; 2023 estimate
Poverty rate: 19.5%; 2023 estimate
Median home value: $111.3K; 2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 8.5%; 2023 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sugar City$935 · FY2016
Cheraw$1,687 · FY2021
Iliff$941 · FY2023
Kit Carson$1,091 · FY2021
Ovid$1,447 · FY2021
Arriba$1,182 · FY2021
Peetz$646 · FY2016
Bethune$1,168 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2019-2023 · 2023
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2019-2023 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File · 2024 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - 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)

Dataset: Eckley, 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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Eckley · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2023 in brief

FY2023 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

Eckley and its peers

Trends

Questions about Eckley’s finances

Community context

Explore further

Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

Utilities & environment is Eckley’s largest difference from its peers (4.2× the peer median in FY2023). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.