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Fleming · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Logan County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 421 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 432 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Fleming collected $1,940 per resident (including city-run utilities), 22% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 2.1× its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 62% above its peers, but 62% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 2.0× 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)

$1,940
2.1× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$916
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 34% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+5.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,618
27% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 32% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+5.0%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$403
62% above peers
Peer median
$248
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 14% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+15.7%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,556
2.0× peers
Peer median
$1,777
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 82% of the 199 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 · $1,940
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,940 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $838K ÷ population 432 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Fleming runs city-owned utilities, which add 54.3% 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 432 residents, small changes in Fleming's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 2.0× 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, FY2021. Bars show Fleming; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: $1,053 per resident, 2.8× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,940
per resident2.1× peers
Money in: Fleming revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,0532.8×peers $380
$31312% abovepeers $280
$2552.2×peers $118
$141in line withpeers $137
$9011.6×peers $8
$8140% belowpeers $136
$7No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,618
per resident
Money out: Fleming 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$1,044No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$234No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$146No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$141No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$35No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$14No peer comparison
Withheld
Peer median of 1 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Fleming 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

Open in Compare
Fleming compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
FlemingUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 54.3% 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.$1,940$1,618$403$255$3,556
WileyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.0% 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.$1,062$304$167$623
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
Olney SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.4% 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.$741$1,144Not reported for this year$2,563
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
Peer median$916Benchmark unavailable$248$137$1,777

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 $1,518 to FY2021 $1,940.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $579Peer median FY2021: $916Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,518FY2021: $1,940

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$1,518$579$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,940$916$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,268 to FY2021 $1,618.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,020Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,268FY2021: $1,618

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,268$1,020$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,618Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $194 to FY2021 $403.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $125Peer median FY2021: $248Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $194FY2021: $403

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$194$125$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$403$248$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2021 $3,556.$0$1.8K$3.6K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,777Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $3,556

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016———
FY2021$3,556$1,777$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Fleming’s finances

How much revenue does Fleming collect per resident?
Fleming collected $1,940 per resident in FY2021, 22% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Fleming's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Fleming spent $1,618 per resident in FY2021, 27% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Fleming have per resident?
Fleming carried $3,556 of debt per resident in FY2021, 2.0× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Fleming compared with?
Fleming is compared with Wiley, Otis, Olney Springs and Stratton: 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)
+1.2%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$47K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
8.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$117K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
1.9%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Fleming, 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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