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La Jara · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Conejos County · San Luis Valley · statutory town · Pop. 708 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 812 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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FY2016 in brief

La Jara collected $1,094 per resident (including city-run utilities), 37% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 33% 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

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,094
37% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 29% 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)

$539
69% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 9% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$475
33% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 35% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$979
in line with peers
Peer median
$936
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 48% 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 · $1,094
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,094 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $888K ÷ population 812 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • D30 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • La Jara runs city-owned utilities, which add 19.1% 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 812 residents, small changes in La Jara's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • La Jara relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.
  • 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 La Jara; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

$1,094
per resident
Money in: La Jara 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$381No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$271No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$209No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$83No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$81No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$55No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$14No peer comparison
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$539
per resident
Money out: La Jara spending 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$180No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$161No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$80No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$69No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$39No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$5No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$5No peer comparison
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

La Jara 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

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La Jara compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
La JaraUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.1% 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.$1,094$539$475$381$979
AntonitoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.$946$185$108Not reported for this year$178
Oak CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 37.0% 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.$3,543$1,923$2,165
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$936

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 $1,094 to FY2021 $1,548.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,972Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,094FY2021: $1,548

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,094Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,548$1,972$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $539 to FY2021 $1,020.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,423Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $539FY2021: $1,020

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$539Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,020$1,423$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $475 to FY2021 $831.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $935Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $475FY2021: $831

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$475Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$831$935$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $979 to FY2021 $789.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $936Peer median FY2021: $734Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $979FY2021: $789

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$979$936$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$789$734$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about La Jara’s finances

How much revenue does La Jara collect per resident?
La Jara collected $1,094 per resident in FY2016, 37% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does La Jara's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
La Jara spent $539 per resident in FY2016, 69% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does La Jara have per resident?
La Jara carried $979 of debt per resident in FY2016, in line with its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is La Jara compared with?
La Jara is compared with Antonito and Oak Creek: 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)
−0.8%/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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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: La Jara, 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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