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Hillrose · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Morgan County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 312 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 257 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (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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FY2016 in brief

Hillrose collected $1,066 per resident (including city-run utilities), 39% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 35% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits in line with its peers, but 86% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 7.7× peers.

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)

$1,066
35% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$790
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 27% 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)

$965
45% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 21% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$101
in line with peers
Peer median
$106
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 5% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,630
7.7× peers
Peer median
$342
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 76% 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 · $1,066
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,066 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $274K ÷ population 257 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D80 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • D91 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Hillrose runs city-owned utilities, which add 47.1% 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 257 residents, small changes in Hillrose's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 7.7× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: $502 per resident, 2.5× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,066
per resident35% above peers
Money in: Hillrose revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$5022.5×peers $199
$37036% abovepeers $272
$97in line withpeers $93
$7055% abovepeers $45
$2342% belowpeers $41
$478% belowpeers $17
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$965
per resident
Money out: Hillrose spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$763No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$113No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$70No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$19No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

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Hillrose compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
HillroseUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 47.1% 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.$1,066$965$101Not reported for this year$2,630
PeetzUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.4% 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.$646$1,079$179Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Sugar CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.0% 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.$935$106Not reported for this year$175
CherawUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.6% 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.$386$53Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
EckleyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.4% 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.$977$823$115Not reported for this year$342
Peer median$790Benchmark unavailable$106Not reported for this year$342

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
FY2016 $1,066 to FY2021 $1,163.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $790Peer median FY2021: $1,091Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,066FY2021: $1,163

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,066$790$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,163$1,091$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $965 to FY2021 $879.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,047Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $965FY2021: $879

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$965Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$879$1,047$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $101 to FY2021 $101.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $106Peer median FY2021: $112Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $101FY2021: $101

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$101$106$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$101$112$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,630 to FY2021 $1,569.$0$1.3K$2.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $342Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,630FY2021: $1,569

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,630$342$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$1,569Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Hillrose’s finances

How much revenue does Hillrose collect per resident?
Hillrose collected $1,066 per resident in FY2016, 39% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Hillrose's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Hillrose spent $965 per resident in FY2016, 45% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Hillrose have per resident?
Hillrose carried $2,630 of debt per resident in FY2016, 7.7× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Hillrose compared with?
Hillrose is compared with Peetz, Sugar City, Cheraw and Eckley: 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)
−0.2%/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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Sources

Dataset: Hillrose, 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.

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