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Flagler · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Kit Carson County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 584 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 563 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Flagler: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Flagler collected $1,998 per resident (including city-run utilities), 19% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 28% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 56% above its peers, but 25% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 91% below peers.

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)

$1,998
28% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,566
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 35% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,927
13% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 42% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−2.2%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$806
56% above peers
Peer median
$516
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 32% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$121
91% below peers
Peer median
$1,411
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 5% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−20.3%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,998
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,998 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.1M ÷ population 563 (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
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Flagler runs city-owned utilities, which add 22.6% 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 563 residents, small changes in Flagler'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 Flagler; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Sales tax: $522 per resident, 95% above the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,998
per resident28% above peers
Money in: Flagler revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$52295% abovepeers $267
$47266% abovepeers $285
$451in line withpeers $472
$28499% abovepeers $143
$2332.0×peers $114
$3635% belowpeers $55
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,927
per resident
Money out: Flagler 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$1,110No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$686No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$124No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$7No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Flagler 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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Flagler compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
FlaglerUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.6% 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.$1,998$1,927$806$522$121
WalshUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.0% 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.$1,685$1,450$423$1,411
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
OtisUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 78.3% 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.$771$167$69Not reported for this year
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
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
Peer median$1,566Benchmark unavailable$516$304$1,411

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
FY2021 $1,998. 1 year withheld.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,566Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,998FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 3.8x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 3.8x the peer median
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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Revenue per resident is 3.8x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,998$1,566$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,158 to FY2021 $1,927.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $941Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,158FY2021: $1,927

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,158$941$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,927Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $806.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $516Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $806

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016———
FY2021$806$516$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $377 to FY2021 $121.$0$801.6$1.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,603Peer median FY2021: $1,411Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $377FY2021: $121

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$377$1,603$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$121$1,411$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Flagler’s finances

How much revenue does Flagler collect per resident?
Flagler collected $1,998 per resident in FY2021, 19% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Flagler's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Flagler spent $1,927 per resident in FY2021, 13% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Flagler have per resident?
Flagler carried $121 of debt per resident in FY2021, 91% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Flagler compared with?
Flagler is compared with Walsh, Simla, Otis, Stratton and Eads: 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)
0.0%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$32.3K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
9.7%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$111.7K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
12.5%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Flagler, 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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