Manzanola · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Manzanola, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Otero County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 319 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 415 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Tax revenue per resident sits 31% below its peers, and 84% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 49% below the state median.

Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 24% of the peer median

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

Compared with

Walsh

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars: Withheld with this year's value

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$484

72% below CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 7% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$113

31% below peers

Peer median: $165
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 10% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$542

49% below CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 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 31% 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 ·

Withheld pending verification

1Withheld
Revenue per resident is 24% of the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Manzanola’s audited financial report.
2Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T24 Licenses & permits
3Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

With about 415 residents, small changes in Manzanola'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 Manzanola; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$484

per resident

Money out: Manzanola spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
Peer median unavailable	$258	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	53%

General government (other) $258 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other)
Peer median unavailable	$178	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	37%

Sewer $89 Water utility $89 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
Peer median unavailable	$24	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	5%

Interest on debt $24 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
Peer median unavailable	$22	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	4%

Streets & highways $22 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
Peer median unavailable	$2	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	1%

Commercial activities (other) $2 Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above. Census line items E03 Commercial activities (other)
None reported	$0	Peer median unavailable	None reported	0%

Manzanola reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.
None reported	$0	Peer median unavailable	None reported	0%

Manzanola reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development.
None reported	$0	Peer median unavailable	None reported	0%

Manzanola reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Health, hospitals and public welfare.

Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Manzanola 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

Manzanola compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Manzanola	Withheld Manzanola · Revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Revenue per resident is 24% 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.	$484	$113	Withheld Manzanola · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 16% 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.	$542
WalshUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.9% 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.	$1,411	$1,020	$511	$318	$1,603
Peer median	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	$165	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable

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

FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 24% of the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 24% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$2,639	$1,305	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$484	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$743	$1,104	$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	$113	$165	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$198	$239	$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	$542	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$107	$2,066	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Manzanola’s finances

How does Manzanola's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Manzanola spent $484 per resident in FY2016, 72% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Manzanola have per resident?: Manzanola carried $542 of debt per resident in FY2016, 49% below the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Manzanola compared with?: Manzanola is compared with Walsh: 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

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Manzanola · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 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

Manzanola and its peers

Trends

Questions about Manzanola’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

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