Haswell · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Haswell, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Kiowa County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 71 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 67 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Haswell collected $582 per resident (including city-run utilities), 67% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 47% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 63% below peers.

Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer 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)

$582

47% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,092
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 5% 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)

$373

57% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $878
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 5% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

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: Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars: Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$552

63% below peers

Peer median: $1,500
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 32% 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 · $582

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$582 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $39K ÷ population 67 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- T01 Property tax
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

Haswell runs city-owned utilities, which add 69.2% 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
With about 67 residents, small changes in Haswell's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $239 per resident, 52% below the peer median. On the revenue side, Haswell reports no fees & charges; peers collect $275 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$582

per resident47% below peers

Money in: Haswell 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
	$403	$274	47% above peerspeers $274	69%

Water utility charges $403 · peers $274 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$119	$376	68% below peerspeers $376	21%

State aid $119 · peers $92 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid
None reported · peers $275	$0	$275	None reported	0%

Haswell reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports.
None reported · peers $19	$0	$19	None reported	0%

Haswell reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property.
None reported · peers $5	$0	$5	None reported	0%

Haswell reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes.
	Withheld Haswell · Property tax · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 31% 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.	$138	Withheldpeers $138	Withheld

Property tax Withheld Haswell · Property tax · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 31% 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. · peers $138 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$373

per resident57% below peers

Money out: Haswell 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
	$239	$497	52% below peerspeers $497	64%

Water utility $239 · peers $77 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E91 Water utility
	$75	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	20%

Fire protection $75 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E24 Fire protection
	$30	$45	33% below peerspeers $45	8%

Interest on debt $30 · peers $45 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
	$15	$178	92% below peerspeers $178	4%

Central staff services $15 · peers $88 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E29 Central staff services
	$15	$35	58% below peerspeers $35	4%

Parks & recreation $15 · peers $5 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $25	$0	$25	None reported	0%

Haswell reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Haswell 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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Haswell compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
HaswellUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 69.2% 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.	$582	$373	Withheld Haswell · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 31% 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.	Not reported for this year	$552
CrookUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.7% 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.	$1,092	$1,009	$193	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
VonaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.4% 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.	$689	Withheld Vona · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 26% 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.	Withheld Vona · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 29% 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.	Not reported for this year	$623
Sheridan LakeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.	$1,012	$222	$111	Not reported for this year	$185
PritchettUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.0% 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.	$1,231	$746	$200	Not reported for this year	$2,377
VilasUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.2% 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.	$1,689	$1,519	Withheld Vilas · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 3.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$255	$3,415
Peer median	$1,092	$878	Benchmark unavailable	Not reported for this year	$1,500

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

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	$582	$1,092	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,028	$830	$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	$373	$878	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$831	$804	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 31% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$99	$145	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$552	$1,500	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$310	Benchmark unavailable	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Haswell’s finances

How much revenue does Haswell collect per resident?: Haswell collected $582 per resident in FY2016, 67% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Haswell's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Haswell spent $373 per resident in FY2016, 57% below the median of its peers: Crook, Vona, Sheridan Lake, Pritchett and Vilas. See the figure
How much debt does Haswell have per resident?: Haswell carried $552 of debt per resident in FY2016, 63% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Haswell compared with?: Haswell is compared with Crook, Vona, Sheridan Lake, Pritchett and Vilas: 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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Also in Eastern Plains

Sheridan Lake$446 · FY2021
Vona$1,659 · FY2021
Paoli$420 · FY2021
Campo$1,122 · FY2022
Vilas$1,689 · FY2016
Pritchett$1,164 · FY2022
Two Buttes$1,406 · FY2021
Crook$893 · FY2021

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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Haswell · 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

Haswell and its peers

Trends

Questions about Haswell’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

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Utilities & environment is Haswell’s largest difference from its peers (52% below the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.