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Limon · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Lincoln County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 2,021 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,937 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Limon: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Limon collected $2,711 per resident (including city-run utilities), 55% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 42% above its peers, and 18% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 89% above peers.

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)

$2,711
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,734
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 72% 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)

$2,784
11% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,500
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 70% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$832
42% above peers
Peer median
$586
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 62% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,868
89% above peers
Peer median
$987
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 69% 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 · $2,711
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,711 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $5.3M ÷ population 1,937 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A59 Natural resources charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A94 Transit charges
    • B01 Federal aid
    • B89 Federal aid
    • B91 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C42 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D42 Local government aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • D94 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Limon runs city-owned utilities, which add 16.6% 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 1,937 residents, small changes in Limon's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Limon; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $700 per resident, 46% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 68% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,711
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Limon revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$7104.2×peers $169
$5842.1×peers $279
$579100% abovepeers $290
$45168% belowpeers $1,399
$18318% abovepeers $155
$13930% abovepeers $108
$6625% abovepeers $52
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,784
per resident11% above peers
Money out: Limon spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$70046% belowpeers $1,300
$6183.2×peers $193
$4742.0×peers $234
$35036.1×peers $10
$2692.8×peers $97
$25539% abovepeers $183
$67No peer comparisonpeers $0
$512.9×peers $17
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Limon 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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Limon compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.6% 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.$2,711$2,784$832$584$1,868
AkronUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.9% 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.$1,332$1,237$714$298$1,153
WrayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.5% 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.$2,964$2,815$749$532$250
Las AnimasUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 66.6% 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.$3,396$3,396$458$261$987
SpringfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 60.3% 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.$2,503$2,186$369$232$247
Peer median$2,734$2,500$586$279$987

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 $2,711 to FY2023 $3,802.$0$2.1K$4.2K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,734Peer median FY2021: $3,393Peer median FY2023: $4,191Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,711FY2021: $3,519FY2023: $3,802

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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
FY2016$2,711$2,734$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$3,519$3,393$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$3,802$4,191$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,784 to FY2023 $3,754.$0$1.9K$3.9K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,500Peer median FY2021: $3,225Peer median FY2023: $3,852Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,784FY2021: $3,113FY2023: $3,754. 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 FY2021, FY2023. 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$2,784$2,500$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,113$3,225$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$3,754$3,852$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $832 to FY2023 $1,520.$0$759.9$1.5K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $586Peer median FY2021: $844Peer median FY2023: $1,023Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $832FY2021: $1,337FY2023: $1,520

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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$832$586$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,337$844$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$1,520$1,023$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,868 to FY2023 $3,726.$0$2K$3.9K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $987Peer median FY2021: $1,486Peer median FY2023: $1,383Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,868FY2021: $3,922FY2023: $3,726

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,868$987$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$3,922$1,486$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$3,726$1,383$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Limon’s finances

How much revenue does Limon collect per resident?
Limon collected $2,711 per resident in FY2016, 55% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Limon's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Limon spent $2,784 per resident in FY2016, 11% above the median of its peers: Akron, Wray, Las Animas and Springfield. See the figure
How much debt does Limon have per resident?
Limon carried $1,868 of debt per resident in FY2016, 89% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Limon compared with?
Limon is compared with Akron, Wray, Las Animas and Springfield: 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)
+0.7%/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: Limon, 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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