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Fruita · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Mesa County · Western Slope · home rule municipality · Pop. 14,003 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 13,739 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Fruita: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Fruita collected $1,107 per resident, 37% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 58% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 69% below its peers, and 47% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 9% above peers.

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)

$1,107
58% below peers
Peer median
$2,617
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 30% 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)

$994
59% below peers
Peer median
$2,402
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 22% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$373
69% below peers
Peer median
$1,221
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 26% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,327
9% above peers
Peer median
$2,143
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 73% 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 · $1,107
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,107 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $15.2M ÷ population 13,739 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D30 Local government aid
    • D42 Local government aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D80 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

No structural factors stand out in the data. The peer comparison below is a fair starting point.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $166 per resident, 78% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 77% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,107
per resident58% below peers
Money in: Fruita revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$391in line withpeers $396
$32252% abovepeers $212
$24577% belowpeers $1,051
$9032% belowpeers $132
$3838% belowpeers $61
$2190% belowpeers $218
None reported · peers $312$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$994
per resident59% below peers
Money out: Fruita spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$306in line withpeers $296
$18629% belowpeers $260
$17767% belowpeers $534
$16678% belowpeers $748
$15360% belowpeers $383
$62.7×peers $2
$092% belowpeers $4
None reported · peers $109$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Fruita 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

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Fruita compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Fruita$1,107$994$373$245$2,327
Steamboat SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.3% 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 3.7× the Colorado median.$4,451$3,765$2,631$2,047$3,890
Glenwood SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 27.3% 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 3.2× the Colorado median.$4,750$6,209$2,120$1,775$4,122
RifleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.9% 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.$2,617$2,402$1,221$1,051Not reported for this year
MontroseUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.4% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.$1,753$1,620$967$915$170
CraigUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.6% 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.$1,732$1,532$768$555$397
Peer median$2,617$2,402$1,221$1,051$2,143

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 $1,107 to FY2022 $1,678.$0$2.2K$4.5K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,617Peer median FY2018: $2,119Peer median FY2019: $2,218Peer median FY2020: $2,654Peer median FY2021: $2,773Peer median FY2022: $4,490Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,107FY2018: $1,421FY2019: $1,233FY2020: $1,470FY2021: $1,512FY2022: $1,678

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2022. 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$1,107$2,617$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$1,421$2,119$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,233$2,218$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,470$2,654$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,512$2,773$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$1,678$4,490$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $994 to FY2022 $1,272.$0$1.6K$3.2K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,402Peer median FY2018: $3,003Peer median FY2019: $3,142Peer median FY2020: $2,968Peer median FY2021: $2,460Peer median FY2022: $3,227Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $994FY2018: $1,181FY2019: $944FY2020: $1,079FY2021: $1,102FY2022: $1,272. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

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.

Peer group changed in FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$994$2,402$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$1,181$3,003$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$944$3,142$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,079$2,968$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,102$2,460$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,272$3,227$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $373 to FY2022 $720.$0$1.2K$2.3K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,221Peer median FY2018: $1,173Peer median FY2019: $1,251Peer median FY2020: $1,315Peer median FY2021: $1,512Peer median FY2022: $2,340Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $373FY2018: $454FY2019: $467FY2020: $581FY2021: $659FY2022: $720

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2022. 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$373$1,221$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$454$1,173$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$467$1,251$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$581$1,315$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$659$1,512$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$720$2,340$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,327 to FY2022 $1,761.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,143Peer median FY2018: $3,398Peer median FY2019: $3,062Peer median FY2020: $2,629Peer median FY2021: $2,550Peer median FY2022: $2,283Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,327FY2018: $2,148FY2019: $2,007FY2020: $2,042FY2021: $1,895FY2022: $1,761

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2022. 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$2,327$2,143$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$2,148$3,398$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,007$3,062$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,042$2,629$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,895$2,550$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$1,761$2,283$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Fruita’s finances

How much revenue does Fruita collect per resident?
Fruita collected $1,107 per resident in FY2016, 37% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Fruita's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Fruita spent $994 per resident in FY2016, 59% below the median of its peers: Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Montrose and Craig. See the figure
How much debt does Fruita have per resident?
Fruita carried $2,327 of debt per resident in FY2016, 9% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Fruita compared with?
Fruita is compared with Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Montrose and Craig: 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
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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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Fruita, 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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