Hillrose · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Hillrose, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Morgan County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 312 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 306 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Hillrose: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Hillrose collected $1,163 per resident (including city-run utilities), 53% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 7% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 9% below its peers, and 91% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 11% above the state 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)

$1,163

7% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,091
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 11% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +1.8%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$879

16% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,047
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 6% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −1.8%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$101

9% below peers

Peer median: $112
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 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 4% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +0.0%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,569

11% above CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 55% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −9.8%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,163

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,163 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $356K ÷ population 306 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- B89 Federal aid
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U40 Rents
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Hillrose runs city-owned utilities, which add 39.0% 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 306 residents, small changes in Hillrose's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Hillrose; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $549 per resident, 55% above the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 50% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,163

per resident7% above peers

Money in: Hillrose revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$454	$302	50% above peerspeers $302	39%

Water utility charges $454 · peers $302 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$350	$318	10% above peerspeers $318	30%

Sewer charges $229 · peers $189 Solid waste charges $121 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$229	$123	86% above peerspeers $123	20%

Federal aid $108 · peers $0 State aid $92 · peers $56 Local government aid $29 · peers $0 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$78	$73	8% above peerspeers $73	7%

Property tax $78 · peers $73 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$29	$16	88% above peerspeers $16	3%

Rents $20 · peers $0 Fines & forfeits $7 · peers $0 Interest earnings $3 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U40 Rents
	$23	$29	20% below peerspeers $29	2%

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $20 · peers $20 Licenses & permits $3 · peers $0 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$879

per resident16% below peers

Money out: Hillrose spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$549	$354	55% above peerspeers $354	62%

Water utility $284 · peers $218 Sewer $157 · peers $73 Solid waste $108 · peers $103 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$186	$239	22% below peerspeers $239	21%

Central staff services $150 · peers $28 General government (other) $26 · peers $196 General public buildings $7 · peers $0 Judicial & legal $3 · peers $0 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other)
	$69	$19	3.5× peerspeers $19	8%

Interest on debt $69 · peers $19 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
	$46	$2	21.3× peerspeers $2	5%

Streets & highways $46 · peers $2 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$29	$12	2.5× peerspeers $12	3%

Parks & recreation $29 · peers $12 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $97	$0	$97	None reported	0%

Hillrose reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Hillrose 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

Open in Compare

Hillrose compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
HillroseUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 39.0% 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.	$1,163	$879	$101	Not reported for this year	$1,569
Olney SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.4% 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.	$741	$1,144	Withheld Olney Springs · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 14% 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	$2,563
MerinoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.0% 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.	$1,106	$951	$176	Not reported for this year	$894
Kit CarsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 52.0% 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.	$1,091	$461	Withheld Kit Carson · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 3.3x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$217	Not reported for this year
IliffUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 36.1% 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.	$837	Withheld Iliff · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 31% of this city's typical level in other years We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$78	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
CherawUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.7% 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.	$1,687	$1,687	$112	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$1,091	$1,047	$112	Not reported for this year	Benchmark unavailable

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	$1,066	$790	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,163	$1,091	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$965	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$879	$1,047	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax 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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$101	$106	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$101	$112	$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	$2,630	$342	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,569	Benchmark unavailable	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Hillrose’s finances

How much revenue does Hillrose collect per resident?: Hillrose collected $1,163 per resident in FY2021, 53% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Hillrose's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Hillrose spent $879 per resident in FY2021, 16% below the median of its peers: Olney Springs, Merino, Kit Carson, Iliff and Cheraw. See the figure
How much debt does Hillrose have per resident?: Hillrose carried $1,569 of debt per resident in FY2021, 11% above the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Hillrose compared with?: Hillrose is compared with Olney Springs, Merino, Kit Carson, Iliff and Cheraw: 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): +3.6%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $51.3K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 10.4%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $131.3K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 12.7%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Manzanola$2,639 · FY2021
Olney Springs$919 · FY2023
Merino$1,106 · FY2021
Ovid$1,447 · FY2021
Kit Carson$1,091 · FY2021
Iliff$941 · FY2023
Sugar City$935 · FY2016
Eckley$2,745 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Hillrose · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 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

Hillrose and its peers

Trends

Questions about Hillrose’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

Utilities & environment is Hillrose’s largest difference from its peers (55% above the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.