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Fruita · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Mesa County · Western Slope · home rule municipality · Pop. 14,003 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 13,567 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2021. 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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FY2021 in brief

Fruita collected $1,512 per resident, 39% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 56% below its peers, and 39% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 26% 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)

$1,512
45% below peers
Peer median
$2,773
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 22% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+6.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,102
55% below peers
Peer median
$2,460
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 11% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.1%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$659
56% below peers
Peer median
$1,512
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 25% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+12.0%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,895
26% below peers
Peer median
$2,550
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 63% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−4.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,512
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,512 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $20.5M ÷ population 13,567 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T27 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • 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, FY2021. Bars show Fruita; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $201 per resident, 75% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 67% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,512
per resident45% below peers
Money in: Fruita revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$47367% belowpeers $1,424
$47123% belowpeers $612
$34336% abovepeers $253
$12131% belowpeers $175
$6569% belowpeers $208
$3960% belowpeers $97
None reported · peers $392$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,102
per resident55% below peers
Money out: Fruita spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$23565% belowpeers $668
$23019% belowpeers $284
$20175% belowpeers $811
$19467% belowpeers $585
$19261% belowpeers $491
$4246% belowpeers $77
$944% abovepeers $6
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Fruita compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Fruita$1,512$1,102$659$473$1,895
Glenwood SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.0% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.8× the Colorado median.$6,400$6,064$2,856$2,413$5,718
RifleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.5× the Colorado median.$2,773$2,460$1,472$1,301$3,076
Steamboat SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.0× the Colorado median.$5,682$5,324$4,019$2,592$2,550
MontroseUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.$2,356$2,382$1,512$1,424$1,228
CraigUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.2% 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.$2,577$2,384$1,386$925$665
Peer median$2,773$2,460$1,512$1,424$2,550

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 $1,512 per resident in FY2021, 39% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Fruita's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Fruita spent $1,102 per resident in FY2021, 55% below the median of its peers: Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Steamboat Springs, Montrose and Craig. See the figure
How much debt does Fruita have per resident?
Fruita carried $1,895 of debt per resident in FY2021, 26% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Fruita compared with?
Fruita is compared with Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Steamboat Springs, 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)
−0.3%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$64K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
7.8%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$259.3K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
3.6%
2021 estimate

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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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