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Haxtun · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Phillips County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 951 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 977 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Haxtun: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Haxtun collected $14,085 per resident (including city-run utilities), 5.7× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 5.8× its peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 7.9× the Colorado median.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 26.8x the peer median

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)

$14,085
5.8× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,427
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 98% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$10,384
4.3× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,394
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 97% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.8%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $14,085
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $14,085 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $13.8M ÷ population 977 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A60 Parking charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T51 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Haxtun runs city-owned utilities, which add 5.8% 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 977 residents, small changes in Haxtun's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Haxtun's FY2021 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, FY2021. Bars show Haxtun; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 7.9× 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 Parks, libraries & community: $4,421 per resident, 32.0× the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 3.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$14,085
per resident5.8× peers
Money in: Haxtun revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,5113.3×peers $452
$8216% belowpeers $875
$3702.3×peers $162
$21793% abovepeers $113
Withheldpeers $150
Withheldpeers $12
Withheldpeers $0
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$10,384
per resident4.3× peers
Money out: Haxtun spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$4,42132.0×peers $138
$3,01412.0×peers $251
$1,391No peer comparisonpeers $0
$8743.1×peers $283
$58167% belowpeers $1,758
$1019.1×peers $11
$1No peer comparisonpeers $0
None reported · peers $2$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Haxtun 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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Haxtun compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
HaxtunUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.8% 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 7.9× the Colorado median.$14,085$10,384$6,794Not reported for this year
Log Lane VillageUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.7% 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.$2,366$1,752$1,333$1,825
OrdwayUtilities: 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.$1,343$188Not reported for this year$163
HollyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 60.6% 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.$2,746$2,455$511$391Not reported for this year
JulesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.5% 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.$2,487$2,334$321Not reported for this year$419
Peer median$2,427$2,394Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this year

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
FY2018 $12,234 to FY2021 $14,085. 3 years withheld.$0$7K$14.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $2,168Peer median FY2020: $3,792Peer median FY2021: $2,427Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $12,234FY2020: $12,734FY2021: $14,085FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 6.7x the peer medianFY2019: withheld — Revenue per resident is 8.6x the peer medianFY2022: withheld — Revenue per resident is 23% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 6.7x the peer median
  • FY2019 withheld: Revenue per resident is 8.6x the peer median
  • FY2022 withheld: Revenue per resident is 23% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, 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
FY2016Withheld (Revenue per resident is 6.7x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$12,234$2,168$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Revenue per resident is 8.6x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$12,734$3,792$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$14,085$2,427$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Revenue per resident is 23% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $9,046 to FY2021 $10,384. 3 years withheld.$0$5.2K$10.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2020: $3,202Peer median FY2021: $2,394Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $9,046FY2020: $9,582FY2021: $10,384FY2018: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 10.1x the peer medianFY2019: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 7.0x the peer medianFY2022: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other years

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.

  • FY2018 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 10.1x the peer median
  • FY2019 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 7.0x the peer median
  • FY2022 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, 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$9,046Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 10.1x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 7.0x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$9,582$3,202$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$10,384$2,394$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2020 $9,785. 5 years withheld.$0$4.9K$9.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2020: $2,046Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2020: $9,785FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 19.5x the peer medianFY2018: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 22.5x the peer medianFY2019: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 21.2x the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 26.8x the peer medianFY2022: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 8% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 19.5x the peer median
  • FY2018 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 22.5x the peer median
  • FY2019 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 21.2x the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 26.8x the peer median
  • FY2022 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 8% of this city's typical level in other years
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 19.5x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 22.5x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 21.2x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$9,785$2,046$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 26.8x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 8% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,850 to FY2022 $367.$0$1.4K$2.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $296Peer median FY2022: $2,659Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,850FY2018: $1,938FY2019: $1,045FY2020: $149FY2022: $367

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, 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$2,850Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$1,938$296$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,045Benchmark unavailable$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$149Benchmark unavailable$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021———
FY2022$367$2,659$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Haxtun’s finances

How much revenue does Haxtun collect per resident?
Haxtun collected $14,085 per resident in FY2021, 5.7× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Haxtun's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Haxtun spent $10,384 per resident in FY2021, 4.3× the median of its peers: Log Lane Village, Ordway, Holly and Julesburg. See the figure
Which cities is Haxtun compared with?
Haxtun is compared with Log Lane Village, Ordway, Holly and Julesburg: 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)
+1.1%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$42K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
25.7%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$177.2K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
8.9%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Haxtun, 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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