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Holyoke · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Phillips County · Eastern Plains · home rule municipality · Pop. 2,264 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 2,212 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Holyoke: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Debt per resident runs 2.5× peers.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 473% of this city's typical level in other years
  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 1768% of this city's typical level in other years

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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,892
2.5× peers
Peer median
$1,173
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 82% 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 ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 473% of this city's typical level in other years It stays withheld until it is verified against Holyoke’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census 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
    • B94 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D50 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

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 2,212 residents, small changes in Holyoke's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 2.5× 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 Holyoke; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Holyoke’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Holyoke’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Holyoke 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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Holyoke compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Holyoke$2,892
WrayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.5% 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.$2,964$2,815$749$532$250
ElizabethUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.8% 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.$2,762$3,152$970$1,693
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.6% 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.$2,711$2,784$832$584$1,868
JulesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.9% 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.$2,377$298$1,173
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$1,173

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
FY2018 $2,195 to FY2022 $2,689. 1 year withheld.$0$1.9K$3.7K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $2,043Peer median FY2019: $1,901Peer median FY2020: $3,701Peer median FY2021: $3,519Peer median FY2022: $3,240Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $2,195FY2019: $2,333FY2020: $2,250FY2021: $2,631FY2022: $2,689FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 473% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 473% 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 473% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$2,195$2,043$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,333$1,901$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,250$3,701$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,631$3,519$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$2,689$3,240$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2018 $740 to FY2022 $2,675. 1 year withheld.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $1,828Peer median FY2020: $3,450Peer median FY2021: $3,225Peer median FY2022: $2,657Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $740FY2019: $1,414FY2020: $1,379FY2021: $2,200FY2022: $2,675. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 649% 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.

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 649% 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
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 649% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$740$1,828$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,414Benchmark unavailable$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,379$3,450$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,200$3,225$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$2,675$2,657$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2018 $407 to FY2022 $533. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $657Peer median FY2020: $742Peer median FY2021: $844Peer median FY2022: $833Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $407FY2019: $459FY2020: $461FY2021: $492FY2022: $533FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 1768% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 1768% 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.

Show data table
Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 1768% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$407$657$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$459Benchmark unavailable$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$461$742$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$492$844$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$533$833$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,892 to FY2018 $22.$0$1.4K$2.9K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,173Peer median FY2018: $1,572Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,892FY2018: $22

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018. 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$2,892$1,173$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$22$1,572$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019———
FY2020———
FY2021———
FY2022———

Questions about Holyoke’s finances

How much debt does Holyoke have per resident?
Holyoke carried $2,892 of debt per resident in FY2016, 2.5× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Holyoke compared with?
Holyoke is compared with Wray, Elizabeth, Limon 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)
−0.7%/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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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Holyoke, 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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