Hotchkiss · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Hotchkiss, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Delta County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 945 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 904 · Census finance data FY2016, 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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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Hotchkiss collected $2,602 per resident (including city-run utilities), 5% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 43% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits in line with the state median. Debt per resident runs 82% below peers.

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)

$2,602

43% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $4,569
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 55% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +7.6%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,736

53% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $3,729
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 37% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −5.5%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,072

in line with CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
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 50% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +5.7%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$342

82% below peers

Peer median: $1,856
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 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.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 15% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −16.2%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,602

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$2,602 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $2.4M ÷ population 904 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- B89 Federal aid
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- 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

Hotchkiss runs city-owned utilities, which add 20.0% 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 904 residents, small changes in Hotchkiss's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Hotchkiss relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Hotchkiss; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $483 per resident, 72% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 38% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,602

per resident43% below peers

Money in: Hotchkiss 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
Peer median unavailable	$948	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	36%

General sales tax $948 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$520	$843	38% below peerspeers $843	20%

Water utility charges $520 · peers $410 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$515	$744	31% below peerspeers $744	20%

Sewer charges $339 · peers $544 Solid waste charges $177 · peers $108 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$425	$366	16% above peerspeers $366	16%

Local government aid $222 · peers $15 Federal aid $129 · peers $67 State aid $73 · peers $248 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
Peer median unavailable	$104	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	4%

Property tax $104 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$70	$28	2.5× peerspeers $28	3%

Miscellaneous $54 · peers $2 Fines & forfeits $10 · peers $6 Interest earnings $6 · peers $4 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U99 Miscellaneous
	$20	$24	19% below peerspeers $24	1%

Licenses & permits $20 · peers $24 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T29 Licenses & permits

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,736

per resident53% below peers

Money out: Hotchkiss 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
	$754	$441	71% above peerspeers $441	43%

General government (other) $754 · peers $143 incl. $102 construction incl. $102 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$483	$1,739	72% below peerspeers $1,739	28%

Water utility $217 · peers $290 incl. $25 construction Solid waste $174 · peers $117 Sewer $93 · peers $466 incl. $18 construction incl. $43 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility F80 Sewer F91 Water utility
	$471	$1,135	58% below peerspeers $1,135	27%

Police $471 · peers $1,135 incl. $53 construction incl. $53 construction Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police F62 Police
	$15	$35	56% below peerspeers $35	1%

Interest on debt $15 · peers $35 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
	$11	$119	91% below peerspeers $119	1%

Parks & recreation $11 · peers $99 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $36	$0	$36	None reported	0%

Hotchkiss reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Hotchkiss compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
HotchkissUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.0% 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.	$2,602	$1,736	$1,072	$948	$342
ManassaUtilities: 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.	$704	$737	Withheld Manassa · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 11% 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.	Withheld Manassa · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 6% 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.	$734
OurayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.5% 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 3.9× the Colorado median.	$10,701	$9,219	$4,883	$3,327	$7,982
IgnacioUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.2% 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 2.6× the Colorado median.	$5,129	$4,332	$2,333	$2,261	Not reported for this year
Oak CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.3% 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.	$4,009	$3,126	Withheld Oak Creek · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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.	Withheld Oak Creek · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 21% 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.	$1,856
Peer median	$4,569	$3,729	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	$1,856

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 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	$1,807	$2,373	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$2,602	$4,569	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,307	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,736	$3,729	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$813	$1,290	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$1,072	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado 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 $2,602 per resident in FY2021, 5% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Hotchkiss's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Hotchkiss spent $1,736 per resident in FY2021, 53% below the median of its peers: Manassa, Ouray, Ignacio and Oak Creek. See the figure
How much debt does Hotchkiss have per resident?: Hotchkiss carried $342 of debt per resident in FY2021, 82% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Hotchkiss compared with?: Hotchkiss is compared with Manassa, Ouray, Ignacio and Oak Creek: 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; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $44.6K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 38.4%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $167.1K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 7.6%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Western Slope

Ouray$10,701 · FY2021
Nucla$1,311 · FY2021
Ridgway$3,618 · FY2021
Parachute$3,247 · FY2021
Naturita$2,797 · FY2021
De Beque
Paonia$2,448 · FY2021
Crawford$945 · FY2016

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)

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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Hotchkiss · 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

Hotchkiss and its peers

Trends

Questions about Hotchkiss’s finances

Community context

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Also in Western Slope

Sources

Utilities & environment is Hotchkiss’s largest difference from its peers (72% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.