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Ignacio · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

La Plata County · Southwest · statutory town · Pop. 869 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 858 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Ignacio: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Ignacio collected $5,129 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.1× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 37% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.2× the state median.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.6× the Colorado 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)

$5,129
37% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$8,182
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 86% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+13.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$4,332
18% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$5,299
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 85% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+13.4%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,333
2.2× CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 85% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $5,129
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $5,129 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $4.4M ÷ population 858 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A59 Natural resources charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A93 Gas utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T27 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Ignacio runs city-owned utilities, which add 15.2% 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 858 residents, small changes in Ignacio's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Ignacio 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 Ignacio; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.6× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

The biggest difference from peers is Transportation: $1,200 per resident, 5.7× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 93% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$5,129
per resident37% below peers
Money in: Ignacio revenue 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$2,261No peer comparison
$1,12193% abovepeers $582
$89011% abovepeers $802
$77923% belowpeers $1,013
Peer median unavailable$48No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$24No peer comparison
$693% belowpeers $80
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$4,332
per resident18% below peers
Money out: Ignacio spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,40622% belowpeers $1,809
$1,2005.7×peers $210
$1,160in line withpeers $1,135
$49556% belowpeers $1,128
$5993% belowpeers $799
$12No peer comparisonpeers $0
None reported · peers $50$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Ignacio 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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Ignacio compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
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$2,261Not 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$1,856
Central CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.5× the Colorado median.$11,511$9,407$1,317$101,531
SilvertonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.8% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.5× the Colorado median.$5,664$5,299$3,165$2,162$1,855
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
Peer median$8,182$5,299Benchmark unavailable$2,162Not 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.

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 $2,778 to FY2022 $4,995.$0$11.3K$22.6K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $3,931Peer median FY2018: $12,831Peer median FY2019: $13,558Peer median FY2020: $14,811Peer median FY2021: $8,182Peer median FY2022: $22,632Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,778FY2018: $2,168FY2019: $3,469FY2020: $3,792FY2021: $5,129FY2022: $4,995

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, 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
FY2016$2,778$3,931$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$2,168$12,831$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,469$13,558$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$3,792$14,811$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$5,129$8,182$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$4,995$22,632$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,306 to FY2022 $4,328.$0$11.3K$22.5K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $4,555Peer median FY2018: $10,992Peer median FY2019: $10,398Peer median FY2020: $11,144Peer median FY2021: $5,299Peer median FY2022: $22,505Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,306FY2018: $1,925FY2019: $1,898FY2020: $3,202FY2021: $4,332FY2022: $4,328. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

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.

Peer group changed in FY2018, 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
FY2016$2,306$4,555$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$1,925$10,992$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,898$10,398$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$3,202$11,144$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$4,332$5,299$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$4,328$22,505$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2020 $2,046 to FY2022 $2,557. 3 years withheld.$0$6.4K$12.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2020: $9,785Peer median FY2022: $12,779Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2020: $2,046FY2021: $2,333FY2022: $2,557FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 20% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2018: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 15% of the peer medianFY2019: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 15% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 20% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2018, FY2019 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 15% of the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 20% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 15% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 15% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,046$9,785$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,333Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$2,557$12,779$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $727 to FY2018 $296.$0$3K$6K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,583Peer median FY2018: $5,963Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $727FY2018: $296

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$727$2,583$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$296$5,963$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
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Questions about Ignacio’s finances

How much revenue does Ignacio collect per resident?
Ignacio collected $5,129 per resident in FY2021, 2.1× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Ignacio's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Ignacio spent $4,332 per resident in FY2021, 18% below the median of its peers: Oak Creek, Central City, Silverton and Ouray. See the figure
Which cities is Ignacio compared with?
Ignacio is compared with Oak Creek, Central City, Silverton and Ouray: 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)
−1.9%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$58.5K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
13.8%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$197.7K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
7.3%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Ignacio, 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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