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Fairplay · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Park County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 743 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 747 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Fairplay collected $2,099 per resident (including city-run utilities), 20% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.1× the state median. Debt per resident runs 85% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.

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)

$2,099
20% above CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 61% 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)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,456
2.1× CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 84% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$177
85% below peers
Peer median
$1,207
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 13% 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 · $2,099
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,099 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.6M ÷ population 747 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U30 Fines & forfeits

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Fairplay runs city-owned utilities, which add 26.7% 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 747 residents, small changes in Fairplay's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Fairplay; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

Money in

Revenue

$2,099
per resident
Money in: Fairplay revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$1,025No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$560No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$240No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$191No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$50No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$33No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 1 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Fairplay’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 1 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Fairplay 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
Fairplay compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
FairplayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 26.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.$2,099$1,456$1,025$177
Mt. Crested ButteRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.5× the Colorado median.$3,931$6,457$1,924$2,583
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$1,577$1,207

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 $2,099 to FY2021 $5,213.$0$2.8K$5.7K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $5,685Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,099FY2021: $5,213

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,099Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$5,213$5,685$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $3,948. 1 year withheld.$0$4.7K$9.4K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $9,407Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $3,948FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 3.3x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 3.3x the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 3.3x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,948$9,407$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $1,456. 1 year withheld.$0$728.2$1.5K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,456FY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 3.6x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 3.6x the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,456Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 3.6x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $177 to FY2021 $4,005.$0$2K$4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,207Peer median FY2021: $2,352Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $177FY2021: $4,005

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$177$1,207$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$4,005$2,352$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Fairplay’s finances

How much revenue does Fairplay collect per resident?
Fairplay collected $2,099 per resident in FY2016, 20% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Fairplay have per resident?
Fairplay carried $177 of debt per resident in FY2016, 85% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Fairplay compared with?
Fairplay is compared with Mt. Crested Butte: 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)
+1.6%/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: Fairplay, 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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