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Hugo · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Lincoln County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 781 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 784 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Tax revenue per resident sits 9% above its peers, but 40% below the state median.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 5.2x 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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$645
9% above peers
Peer median
$591
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 23% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−3.9%/yr

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Hugo’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • 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

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 784 residents, small changes in Hugo'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 Hugo; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Hugo 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

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Hugo compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Hugo$645$409Not reported for this year
Cheyenne WellsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 29.2% 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.$1,495$1,177$829$378Not reported for this year
Kiowa$733$533$286Not 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$1,825
SwinkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 40.2% 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.$1,049$1,133$252Not reported for this year$515
EadsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.8% 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.$1,635$1,503$591$341$1,206
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$591$341Not 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.

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 $1,619. 1 year withheld.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,083Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,619FY2021: withheld — Revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median
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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,619$1,083$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,867. 1 year withheld.$0$1.5K$2.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,941Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,867FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 6.4x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 6.4x the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,867$2,941$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 6.4x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $789 to FY2021 $645.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $407Peer median FY2021: $591Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $789FY2021: $645

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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$789$407$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$645$591$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $534.$0$536.2$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $534

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$534Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Hugo’s finances

Which cities is Hugo compared with?
Hugo is compared with Cheyenne Wells, Kiowa, Log Lane Village, Swink and Eads: 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)
+1.1%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$55.4K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
9.5%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$140.9K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
11.3%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Hugo, 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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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