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Hooper · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Alamosa County · San Luis Valley · statutory town · Pop. 77 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 78 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2016). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Hooper: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Several FY2021 figures are withheld pending verification against the city's audited report.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median
  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 13% of 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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
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)

$487
78% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 1% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+19.5%/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 ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Hooper’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 78 residents, small changes in Hooper'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 Hooper; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$487
per resident
Money out: Hooper spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$346No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$90No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$51No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Hooper 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
Hooper compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Hooper$487Not reported for this year
Moffat$3,467Not reported for this yearNot reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Montezuma$1,027$1,219$753Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Pitkin$1,737$789$1,184$855Not reported for this year
Black HawkRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 55.3× the Colorado median.$47,683$293,875
Creede$2,871
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this year

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
FY2016 $914. 1 year withheld.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $514Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $914FY2021: withheld — Revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median
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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$914$514$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $200 to FY2021 $487.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $200FY2021: $487

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$200Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$487Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
2 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 20% of the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 20% of the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 20% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $171.$0$536.2$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $280Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $171

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$171$280$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Hooper’s finances

How does Hooper's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Hooper spent $487 per resident in FY2021, 78% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
Which cities is Hooper compared with?
Hooper is compared with Moffat, Montezuma, Pitkin, Black Hawk and Creede: 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)
−5.8%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$39.4K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
17.9%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$93.3K
2017 estimate · nearest year to FY2021
Housing vacancy rate
26.5%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Hooper, 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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