Fraser · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Fraser, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Grand County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 1,543 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,258 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Fraser collected $3,408 per resident (including city-run utilities), 95% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 52% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.9× the state median. Debt per resident runs 51% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.1× the Colorado median.

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)

$3,408

52% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $7,059
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 82% 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)

$2,965

57% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $6,915
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 74% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,056

2.9× CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 91% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,297

51% below peers

Peer median: $4,659
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 72% 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 · $3,408

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$3,408 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $4.3M ÷ population 1,258 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C30 State aid
- C46 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- U40 Rents
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Fraser runs city-owned utilities, which add 21.7% 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 1,258 residents, small changes in Fraser's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Fraser relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.1× 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.

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $1,006 per resident, 47% below the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 64% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,408

per resident52% below peers

Money in: Fraser revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
Peer median unavailable	$1,742	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	51%

General sales tax $1,742 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$741	$939	21% below peerspeers $939	22%

Water utility charges $741 · peers $939 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$558	$1,546	64% below peerspeers $1,546	16%

Sewer charges $558 · peers $642 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges
Peer median unavailable	$160	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	5%

Property tax $160 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
Peer median unavailable	$154	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	5%

Licenses & permits $110 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $45 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits
	$40	$342	88% below peerspeers $342	1%

State aid $40 · peers $253 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C30 State aid C46 State aid
	$13	$263	95% below peerspeers $263	<1%

Rents $13 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U40 Rents

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,965

per resident57% below peers

Money out: Fraser spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$1,867	$1,071	74% above peerspeers $1,071	63%

Sewer $1,277 · peers $559 Water utility $590 · peers $510 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
	$1,006	$1,890	47% below peerspeers $1,890	34%

Central staff services $668 · peers $165 General government (other) $338 · peers $1,251 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E29 Central staff services M89 General government (other)
	$92	$123	25% below peerspeers $123	3%

Interest on debt $92 · peers $123 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $811	$0	$811	None reported	0%

Fraser reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.
None reported · peers $737	$0	$737	None reported	0%

Fraser reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.
None reported · peers $564	$0	$564	None reported	0%

Fraser reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development.
None reported · peers $13	$0	$13	None reported	0%

Fraser reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Health, hospitals and public welfare.
None reported · peers $1	$0	$1	None reported	0%

Fraser reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Fraser 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

Fraser compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
FraserUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.7% 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 3.1× the Colorado median.	$3,408	$2,965	$2,056	$1,742	$2,297
KremmlingUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.7% 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.	$1,390	$1,277	$729	$560	$1,117
Mountain VillageUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 8.0× the Colorado median.	$20,043	$16,018	$10,090	$4,448	$8,882
GeorgetownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.4% 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.	$2,819	$3,153	Withheld Georgetown · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 25% 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.	$668	$4,659
DillonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.5% 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.	$11,299	$10,677	Withheld Dillon · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 7.8x 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 Dillon · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 9.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$12,496
Peer median	$7,059	$6,915	Benchmark unavailable	$614	$4,659

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 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,408	$7,059	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$7,865	$3,956	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,965	$6,915	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$4,813	$3,451	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,056	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$4,929	$2,457	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,297	$4,659	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$72	$6,912	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Fraser’s finances

How much revenue does Fraser collect per resident?: Fraser collected $3,408 per resident in FY2016, 95% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Fraser's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Fraser spent $2,965 per resident in FY2016, 57% below the median of its peers: Kremmling, Mountain Village, Georgetown and Dillon. See the figure
How much debt does Fraser have per resident?: Fraser carried $2,297 of debt per resident in FY2016, 51% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Fraser compared with?: Fraser is compared with Kremmling, Mountain Village, Georgetown and Dillon: 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): +0.9%/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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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Kremmling$1,390 · FY2016
Crested Butte$14,925 · FY2023
Poncha Springs$2,456 · FY2021
Idaho Springs$3,956 · FY2021
Mountain Village$33,136 · FY2023
Georgetown$4,210 · FY2021
Winter Park$26,089 · FY2023
Dillon$22,632 · FY2022

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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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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Fraser · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 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

Fraser and its peers

Trends

Questions about Fraser’s finances

Community context

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Sources

General government is Fraser’s largest difference from its peers (47% below the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.