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Kit Carson · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Cheyenne County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 250 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 240 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Kit Carson collected $3,988 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.3× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Debt per resident runs 17% above peers.

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

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 13.5x the peer median

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$3,988
2.3× CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 90% of the 224 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,938
16% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$4,706
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 87% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,604
17% above peers
Peer median
$1,368
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 64% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,988
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $3,988 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $957K ÷ population 240 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A93 Gas utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U41 Royalties
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Kit Carson runs city-owned utilities, which add 27.6% 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 240 residents, small changes in Kit Carson's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Kit Carson's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled
  • Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Kit Carson; 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 Public safety: $1,142 per resident, 49.5× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$3,988
per resident
Money in: Kit Carson revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$1,100No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$621No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$575No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$129No peer comparison
Withheld
Withheld
Withheld
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,938
per resident16% below peers
Money out: Kit Carson spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,3832.2×peers $616
$1,14249.5×peers $23
$1,1132.7×peers $417
$2214.4×peers $50
$713.9×peers $18
$497% belowpeers $142
$4No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Kit Carson 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare
Kit Carson compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Kit CarsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 27.6% of total revenue in FY2016. 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.$3,988$3,938$1,433$1,604
SeibertUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.7% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$5,087$4,706$321$601
EckleyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.4% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$977$823$115Not reported for this year$342
Peer medianBenchmark unavailable$4,706Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$1,368

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 $3,988 to FY2021 $1,091.$0$2K$4K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,135Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,988FY2021: $1,091

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,988Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,091$1,135$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,938 to FY2021 $461.$0$2.4K$4.7K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $4,706Peer median FY2021: $1,319Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,938FY2021: $461

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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,938$4,706$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$461$1,319$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
2 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 13.5x the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 3.3x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 13.5x the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 3.3x the peer median
Show data table
Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 13.5x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 3.3x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,604.$0$802.1$1.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,368Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,604

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,604$1,368$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Kit Carson’s finances

How much revenue does Kit Carson collect per resident?
Kit Carson collected $3,988 per resident in FY2016, 2.3× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Kit Carson's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Kit Carson spent $3,938 per resident in FY2016, 16% below the median of its peers: Seibert and Eckley. See the figure
How much debt does Kit Carson have per resident?
Kit Carson carried $1,604 of debt per resident in FY2016, 17% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Kit Carson compared with?
Kit Carson is compared with Seibert and Eckley: 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)
+0.3%/yr
2016 estimate
Median household income
Not reported for this year
Poverty rate
Not reported for this year
Median home value
Not reported for this year
Housing vacancy rate
Not reported for this year

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Sources

Dataset: Kit Carson, 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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