Holly · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Holly, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Prowers County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 836 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 847 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2017, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Holly: 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

Holly collected $2,746 per resident (including city-run utilities), 11% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 37% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 24% below its peers, and 52% below 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)

$2,746

37% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,998
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 58% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −1.2%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,455

27% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,927
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 58% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −3.6%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$511

24% below peers

Peer median: $670
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 17% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +4.4%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,746

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$2,746 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $2.3M ÷ population 847 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- A92 Electric utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U11 Sale of property
- U20 Interest earnings
- U50 Private donations
- U99 Miscellaneous
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

Holly runs city-owned utilities, which add 60.6% 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 847 residents, small changes in Holly'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 Holly; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,936 per resident, 3.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 4.0× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,746

per resident37% above peers

Money in: Holly 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
	$1,665	$418	4.0× peerspeers $418	61%

Electric utility charges $1,424 · peers $0 Water utility charges $241 · peers $418 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges A92 Electric utility charges
	$419	$472	11% below peerspeers $472	15%

Solid waste charges $280 · peers $0 General government (other) charges $81 · peers $4 Sewer charges $58 · peers $144 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$391	$286	37% above peerspeers $286	14%

General sales tax $391 · peers $286 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$111	$122	9% below peerspeers $122	4%

Property tax $111 · peers $122 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$105	$197	47% below peerspeers $197	4%

State aid $70 · peers $61 Local government aid $35 · peers $0 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$46	$192	76% below peerspeers $192	2%

Miscellaneous $37 · peers $11 Private donations $5 · peers $1 Sale of property $4 · peers $7 Interest earnings $1 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U11 Sale of property U20 Interest earnings U50 Private donations U99 Miscellaneous
	$9	$95	90% below peerspeers $95	<1%

Licenses & permits $9 · peers $22 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T29 Licenses & permits

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,455

per resident27% above peers

Money out: Holly 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
	$1,936	$603	3.2× peerspeers $603	79%

Electric utility $1,381 · peers $0 Solid waste $272 · peers $36 Water utility $243 · peers $427 Sewer $40 · peers $78 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility E92 Electric utility
	$301	$1,110	73% below peerspeers $1,110	12%

General government (other) $301 · peers $1,110 incl. $7 construction incl. $7 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$137	$124	10% above peerspeers $124	6%

Parks & recreation $137 · peers $124 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$76	$329	77% below peerspeers $329	3%

Police $76 · peers $326 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$5	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	<1%

Health $5 · peers $0 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E32 Health
None reported · peers $35	$0	$35	None reported	0%

Holly reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Interest paid on the municipality's debt.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Holly 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

Holly compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
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	$391	Not reported for this year
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	Withheld Ordway · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 9% 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.	$188	Not reported for this year	$163
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	Withheld Haxtun · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 26.8x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$6,794	Not 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	Withheld Log Lane Village · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 18% 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.	$1,825
FlaglerUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.6% 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.	$1,998	$1,927	$806	$522	$121
Kiowa	$733	Withheld Kiowa · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 19% 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.	$533	$286	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$1,998	$1,927	$670	$522	Not 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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, 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	$2,920	$1,083	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2017	$2,824	$2,672	$2,694 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$2,746	$1,998	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, 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	$2,941	$1,867	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2017	$2,663	$2,527	$2,663 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$2,455	$1,927	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, 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	$412	$419	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017	$387	$652	$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$511	$670	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Questions about Holly’s finances

How much revenue does Holly collect per resident?: Holly collected $2,746 per resident in FY2021, 11% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Holly's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Holly spent $2,455 per resident in FY2021, 27% above the median of its peers: Ordway, Haxtun, Log Lane Village, Flagler and Kiowa. See the figure
Which cities is Holly compared with?: Holly is compared with Ordway, Haxtun, Log Lane Village, Flagler and Kiowa: 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; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $32.5K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 27.9%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $72.5K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 10.4%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Hugo$1,619 · FY2016
Kiowa$733 · FY2021
Log Lane Village$2,366 · FY2021
Cheyenne Wells$1,495 · FY2021
Haxtun$14,085 · FY2021
Stratton$1,566 · FY2021
Eads$1,635 · FY2021
Ordway$1,343 · FY2021

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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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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Holly · 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

Holly and its peers

Trends

Questions about Holly’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

Utilities & environment is Holly’s largest difference from its peers (3.2× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.