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Hotchkiss · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Delta County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 945 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 893 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Hotchkiss collected $1,807 per resident (including city-run utilities), in line with the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 24% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 37% below its peers, but 15% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 7% above 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)

$1,807
24% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,373
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 52% 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)

$2,307
32% above CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 62% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$813
37% below peers
Peer median
$1,290
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 59% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$829
7% above peers
Peer median
$775
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 42% 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 · $1,807
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $1,807 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.6M ÷ population 893 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • D30 Local government aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Hotchkiss runs city-owned utilities, which add 25.5% 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 893 residents, small changes in Hotchkiss's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Hotchkiss's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Property tax: $84 per resident, 73% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,807
per resident24% below peers
Money in: Hotchkiss revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$60223% belowpeers $779
$46132% abovepeers $350
$38139% abovepeers $273
$1272.0×peers $62
$11463% belowpeers $309
$8473% belowpeers $317
$3850% belowpeers $77
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,307
per resident
Money out: Hotchkiss 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$1,278No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$683No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$215No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$82No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$37No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$12No peer comparison
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Hotchkiss 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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Hotchkiss compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
HotchkissUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.5% 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.$1,807$2,307$813$602$829
NuclaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 50.5% 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.$806$187$171$190
RidgwayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.8% 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.$2,373$1,940$1,352$779$775
ParachuteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.3% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.$2,763$2,401$1,290$912$408
Peer median$2,373Benchmark unavailable$1,290$779$775

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
FY2016 $1,807 to FY2021 $2,602.$0$2.3K$4.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,373Peer median FY2021: $4,569Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,807FY2021: $2,602

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$1,807$2,373$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,602$4,569$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,307 to FY2021 $1,736.$0$1.9K$3.7K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $3,729Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,307FY2021: $1,736

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,307Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,736$3,729$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $813 to FY2021 $1,072.$0$645.2$1.3K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,290Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $813FY2021: $1,072

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$813$1,290$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,072Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $829 to FY2021 $342.$0$927.9$1.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $775Peer median FY2021: $1,856Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $829FY2021: $342

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$829$775$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$342$1,856$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Hotchkiss’s finances

How much revenue does Hotchkiss collect per resident?
Hotchkiss collected $1,807 per resident in FY2016, in line with the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Hotchkiss's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Hotchkiss spent $2,307 per resident in FY2016, 32% above the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Hotchkiss have per resident?
Hotchkiss carried $829 of debt per resident in FY2016, 7% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Hotchkiss compared with?
Hotchkiss is compared with Nucla, Ridgway and Parachute: 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: Hotchkiss, 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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