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Iliff · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Logan County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 246 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 245 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Iliff: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Iliff collected $837 per resident (including city-run utilities), 66% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 26% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 31% below its peers, and 93% below the state 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)

$837
26% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,135
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 5% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Includes city-owned utilities
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)

$78
31% below peers
Peer median
$112
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 2% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.0%/yr

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $837
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $837 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $205K ÷ population 245 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Iliff runs city-owned utilities, which add 36.1% 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 245 residents, small changes in Iliff'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 Iliff; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: $302 per resident, 28% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$837
per resident26% below peers
Money in: Iliff revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$31813% belowpeers $366
$30228% belowpeers $421
$9447% belowpeers $176
$4938% belowpeers $78
$452.8×peers $16
$297% belowpeers $31
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Iliff 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
Iliff compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
IliffUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 36.1% 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.$837$78Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
CherawUtilities: 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.$1,687$1,687$112Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Kit CarsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 52.0% 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.$1,091$461$217Not reported for this year
MerinoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.0% 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.$1,106$951$176Not reported for this year$894
HillroseUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 39.0% 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.$1,163$879$101Not reported for this year$1,569
Peer median$1,135Benchmark unavailable$112Not reported for this yearNot 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
FY2021 $837 to FY2023 $941. 1 year withheld.$0$1.6K$3.3K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $1,135Peer median FY2023: $3,273Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $837FY2023: $941FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 338% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 338% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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
FY2016Withheld (Revenue per resident is 338% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$837$1,135$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$941$3,273$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $67 to FY2021 $78. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $106Peer median FY2021: $112Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $67FY2021: $78FY2023: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 2% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2023 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 2% of the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$67$106$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$78$112$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 2% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,487 to FY2023 $1,693.$0$2.9K$5.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $973Peer median FY2023: $5,762Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,487FY2023: $1,693

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2023. 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$1,487$973$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———
FY2023$1,693$5,762$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Iliff’s finances

How much revenue does Iliff collect per resident?
Iliff collected $837 per resident in FY2021, 66% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Iliff compared with?
Iliff is compared with Cheraw, Kit Carson, Merino and Hillrose: 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
$44.9K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
34.6%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$85.3K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
10.1%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Iliff, 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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