Manzanola · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Manzanola, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Otero County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 319 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 338 · Census finance data FY2016, 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?

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Manzanola collected $2,639 per resident (including city-run utilities), 7% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 2.0× its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 17% below its peers, and 82% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 95% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,639

2.0× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,305
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 56% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$743

33% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,104
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 4% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +8.9%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$198

17% below peers

Peer median: $239
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 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 9% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +11.8%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$107

95% below peers

Peer median: $2,066
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 3% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −27.8%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,639

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$2,639 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $892K ÷ population 338 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- B89 Federal aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U40 Rents
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Manzanola runs city-owned utilities, which add 13.3% 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 338 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, FY2021. Bars show Manzanola; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $89 per resident, 76% below the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 8.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,639

per resident2.0× peers

Money in: Manzanola revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$1,364	$169	8.1× peerspeers $169	52%

State aid $1,210 · peers $86 Federal aid $154 · peers $54 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid C89 State aid
	$450	$60	7.5× peerspeers $60	17%

Miscellaneous $402 · peers $8 Fines & forfeits $24 · peers $5 Rents $21 · peers $5 Interest earnings $3 · peers $2 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U40 Rents U99 Miscellaneous
	$352	$391	10% below peerspeers $391	13%

Water utility charges $352 · peers $295 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$275	$331	17% below peerspeers $331	10%

Sewer charges $243 · peers $256 Solid waste charges $33 · peers $125 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$83	$141	41% below peerspeers $141	3%

Property tax $83 · peers $141 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$74	$3	21.3× peerspeers $3	3%

Licenses & permits $74 · peers $1 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T24 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits
	$41	$50	17% below peerspeers $50	2%

General sales tax $41 · peers $50 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$743

per resident33% below peers

Money out: Manzanola spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$435	$481	10% below peerspeers $481	59%

Water utility $340 · peers $211 Sewer $74 · peers $107 Solid waste $21 · peers $134 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$157	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	21%

Police $157 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$89	$376	76% below peerspeers $376	12%

Central staff services $74 · peers $19 Judicial & legal $9 · peers $2 Financial administration $6 · peers $8 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services
	$44	$13	3.5× peerspeers $13	6%

Streets & highways $41 · peers $13 Toll highways $3 · peers $0 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways E45 Toll highways
	$12	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	2%

Health $12 · peers $0 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E32 Health
	$3	$107	97% below peerspeers $107	<1%

Interest on debt $3 · peers $107 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
	$3	$4	22% below peerspeers $4	<1%

Commercial activities (other) $3 · peers $4 Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above. Census line items E03 Commercial activities (other)
None reported · peers $30	$0	$30	None reported	0%

Manzanola reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Manzanola compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
ManzanolaUtilities: 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.	$2,639	$743	$198	$41	$107
Olney SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.4% 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.	$741	$1,144	Withheld Olney Springs · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 14% 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.	Not reported for this year	$2,563
HillroseUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 39.0% 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.	$1,163	$879	$101	Not reported for this year	$1,569
OvidUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.7% 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.	$1,447	$1,065	$286	$99	$130
FlemingUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 54.3% 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.	$1,940	$1,618	$403	$255	$3,556
Peer median	$1,305	$1,104	$239	$107	$2,066

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 much revenue does Manzanola collect per resident?: Manzanola collected $2,639 per resident in FY2021, 7% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Manzanola's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Manzanola spent $743 per resident in FY2021, 33% below the median of its peers: Olney Springs, Hillrose, Ovid and Fleming. See the figure
How much debt does Manzanola have per resident?: Manzanola carried $107 of debt per resident in FY2021, 95% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Manzanola compared with?: Manzanola is compared with Olney Springs, Hillrose, Ovid and Fleming: 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): −4.0%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $34K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 5.2%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $70K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 15.2%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Hillrose$1,163 · FY2021
Olney Springs$919 · FY2023
Merino$1,106 · FY2021
Ovid$1,447 · FY2021
Kit Carson$1,091 · FY2021
Iliff$941 · FY2023
Sugar City$935 · FY2016
Eckley$2,745 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Manzanola · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 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

General government is Manzanola’s largest difference from its peers (76% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.