Kiowa · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Kiowa, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Elbert County · Eastern Plains · home rule municipality · Pop. 738 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 741 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Kiowa: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

City website (opens in a new tab)

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Kiowa collected $733 per resident, 70% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 54% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 17% below its peers, and 50% 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

Revenue per resident (definition)

$733

54% below peers

Peer median: $1,601
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 4% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −9.1%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
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: Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars: Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$533

17% below peers

Peer median: $645
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 19% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +20.3%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $733

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$733 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $543K ÷ population 741 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- B89 Federal aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U50 Private donations
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

With about 741 residents, small changes in Kiowa'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 Kiowa; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: none reported, against a peer median of $429 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$733

per resident54% below peers

Money in: Kiowa 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
	$286	$341	16% below peerspeers $341	39%

General sales tax $286 · peers $341 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$197	$166	18% above peerspeers $166	27%

Federal aid $165 · peers $0 State aid $32 · peers $110 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid C89 State aid
	$190	$98	94% above peerspeers $98	26%

Other taxes $146 · peers $0 Licenses & permits $45 · peers $46 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T24 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes
	$57	$196	71% below peerspeers $196	8%

Property tax $57 · peers $196 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$3	$52	95% below peerspeers $52	<1%

Fines & forfeits $1 · peers $1 Private donations $1 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U30 Fines & forfeits U50 Private donations
None reported · peers $429	$0	$429	None reported	0%

Kiowa reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems.
None reported · peers $294	$0	$294	None reported	0%

Kiowa reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Kiowa 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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Kiowa compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Kiowa	$733	Withheld Kiowa · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 19% 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.	$533	$286	Not 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	$378	Not reported for this year
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
StrattonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.7% 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.	$1,566	Withheld Stratton · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 3.5x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$516	$267	$1,777
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	Withheld Log Lane Village · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 18% 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.	$1,825
Peer median	$1,601	Benchmark unavailable	$645	$359	Not 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

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	$1,178	$1,010	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$733	$1,601	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 19% of the peer median

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,321	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 19% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax 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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$212	$402	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$533	$645	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$6,418	$707	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	—	—	—

Questions about Kiowa’s finances

How much revenue does Kiowa collect per resident?: Kiowa collected $733 per resident in FY2021, 70% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Kiowa compared with?: Kiowa is compared with Cheyenne Wells, Eads, Stratton and Log Lane Village: 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): −1.0%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $49.6K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 25.0%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $245.5K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 6.3%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Cheyenne Wells$1,495 · FY2021
Hugo$1,619 · FY2016
Stratton$1,566 · FY2021
Eads$1,635 · FY2021
Holly$2,746 · FY2021
Simla$538 · FY2021
Flagler$1,998 · FY2021
Swink$1,049 · FY2021

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)

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Kiowa · 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

Kiowa and its peers

Trends

Questions about Kiowa’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

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