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Gunnison · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Gunnison County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 6,836 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 6,430 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

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FY2016 in brief

Gunnison collected $2,993 per resident (including city-run utilities), 71% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 37% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 57% below its peers, but 85% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 50% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.0× the Colorado median.

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)

$2,993
37% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$4,781
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 78% 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)

$3,464
35% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,566
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 82% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,305
57% below peers
Peer median
$3,001
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 80% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,080
50% below peers
Peer median
$2,173
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 51% 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 · $2,993
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $2,993 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $19.2M ÷ population 6,430 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C50 State aid
    • C79 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D50 Local government aid
    • D79 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U41 Royalties
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Gunnison runs city-owned utilities, which add 29.2% 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
  • Gunnison relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.
  • Part of Gunnison's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.0× 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 Utilities & environment: $1,422 per resident, 2.9× the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 57% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,993
per resident37% below peers
Money in: Gunnison revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,10457% belowpeers $2,550
$8733.0×peers $293
$44754% belowpeers $976
$18533% abovepeers $139
$18239% belowpeers $297
$13471% belowpeers $464
$6884% belowpeers $420
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,464
per resident35% above peers
Money out: Gunnison spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,4222.9×peers $483
$67936% abovepeers $498
$5192.9×peers $179
$477in line withpeers $489
$31765% belowpeers $910
$4229% abovepeers $33
$6No peer comparisonpeers $0
$1No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Gunnison 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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Gunnison compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
GunnisonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 29.2% 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 2.0× the Colorado median.$2,993$3,464$1,305$1,104$1,080
SalidaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.4% 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 2.1× the Colorado median.$2,353$2,566$1,288$1,184$2,704
AvonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.0% 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 2.2× the Colorado median.$2,608$1,973$2,097$1,213$867
AspenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 7.1× the Colorado median.$13,061$7,256$3,945$7,026
SilverthorneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.2% 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 4.6× the Colorado median.$4,781$4,373$3,001$2,550Not reported for this year
VailRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 8.1× the Colorado median.$12,950$9,282$4,488$1,643
Peer median$4,781$2,566$3,001$2,550$2,173

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 $2,993 to FY2023 $4,833.$0$3.4K$6.9K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $4,781Peer median FY2018: $6,856Peer median FY2019: $2,809Peer median FY2020: $2,153Peer median FY2021: $3,259Peer median FY2022: $3,333Peer median FY2023: $4,540Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,993FY2018: $3,058FY2019: $3,133FY2020: $4,015FY2021: $4,357FY2022: $4,521FY2023: $4,833

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023. 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$2,993$4,781$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$3,058$6,856$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,133$2,809$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$4,015$2,153$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$4,357$3,259$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$4,521$3,333$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$4,833$4,540$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,464 to FY2023 $4,441.$0$2.2K$4.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,566Peer median FY2018: $2,875Peer median FY2019: $3,083Peer median FY2020: $2,151Peer median FY2021: $2,611Peer median FY2022: $2,690Peer median FY2023: $3,005Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,464FY2018: $2,616FY2019: $2,742FY2020: $4,212FY2021: $3,661FY2022: $4,222. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $4,441. 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 FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023, 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$3,464$2,566$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$2,616$2,875$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,742$3,083$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$4,212$2,151$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,661$2,611$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$4,222$2,690$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$4,441$3,005$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $1,305 to FY2023 $1,834.$0$1.5K$3K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $3,001Peer median FY2018: $1,186Peer median FY2019: $1,265Peer median FY2020: $1,105Peer median FY2021: $1,615Peer median FY2022: $1,759Peer median FY2023: $1,828Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,305FY2018: $1,213FY2019: $1,276FY2020: $1,691FY2021: $1,905FY2022: $2,006FY2023: $1,834

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023. 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$1,305$3,001$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$1,213$1,186$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,276$1,265$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,691$1,105$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,905$1,615$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$2,006$1,759$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,834$1,828$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,080 to FY2023 $2,017.$0$1.5K$3K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,173Peer median FY2020: $985Peer median FY2021: $2,102Peer median FY2022: $611Peer median FY2023: $3,022Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,080FY2020: $2,619FY2021: $2,320FY2022: $2,158FY2023: $2,017

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023. 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$1,080$2,173$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018———
FY2019———
FY2020$2,619$985$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,320$2,102$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$2,158$611$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,017$3,022$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Gunnison’s finances

How much revenue does Gunnison collect per resident?
Gunnison collected $2,993 per resident in FY2016, 71% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Gunnison's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Gunnison spent $3,464 per resident in FY2016, 35% above the median of its peers: Salida, Avon, Aspen, Silverthorne and Vail. See the figure
How much debt does Gunnison have per resident?
Gunnison carried $1,080 of debt per resident in FY2016, 50% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Gunnison compared with?
Gunnison is compared with Salida, Avon, Aspen, Silverthorne and Vail: 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)
+2.1%/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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Sources

Dataset: Gunnison, 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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