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Limon · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Lincoln County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 2,021 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 2,040 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. 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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FY2021 in brief

Limon collected $3,519 per resident (including city-run utilities), 42% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 58% above its peers, and 25% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 2.6× peers.

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)

$3,519
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,393
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 72% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+5.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,113
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,225
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 71% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.3%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,337
58% above peers
Peer median
$844
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 62% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.9%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,922
2.6× peers
Peer median
$1,486
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 85% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+16.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,519
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,519 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $7.2M ÷ population 2,040 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Limon runs city-owned utilities, which add 10.1% 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 2,040 residents, small changes in Limon's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 2.6× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Limon; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $782 per resident, 2.6× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 75% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,519
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Limon revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,03264% abovepeers $631
$8512.5×peers $344
$7792.1×peers $366
$35775% belowpeers $1,406
$198in line withpeers $199
$1952.1×peers $91
$10772% abovepeers $62
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,113
per residentin line with peers
Money out: Limon spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$7822.6×peers $299
$609No peer comparisonpeers $0
$45648% belowpeers $872
$39659% abovepeers $249
$31219% abovepeers $263
$25127% belowpeers $344
$230No peer comparisonpeers $0
$3821% abovepeers $32
$38No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Limon compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.1% 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.$3,519$3,113$1,337$1,032$3,922
Las AnimasUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.3% 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.$3,867$3,225$844$658$1,408
AkronUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.3% 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.$1,870$2,216$792$362$936
HolyokeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.0% 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.$2,631$2,200$492$284Not reported for this year
WrayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 41.4% 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.$3,393$3,880$869$631$1,859
ElizabethUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.1% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.5× the Colorado median.$5,044$4,153$2,737$2,146$1,564
Peer median$3,393$3,225$844$631$1,486

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 $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 $3,519 per resident in FY2021, 42% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Limon's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Limon spent $3,113 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of its peers: Las Animas, Akron, Holyoke, Wray and Elizabeth. See the figure
How much debt does Limon have per resident?
Limon carried $3,922 of debt per resident in FY2021, 2.6× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Limon compared with?
Limon is compared with Las Animas, Akron, Holyoke, Wray and Elizabeth: 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
$40.8K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
7.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$137.8K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
15.0%
2021 estimate

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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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