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Moffat · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Saguache County · San Luis Valley · statutory town · Pop. 102 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 107 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Moffat collected $3,467 per resident, 40% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year.

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)

$3,467
40% above CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 71% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+51.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Not reported for this year
Peer median
Not reported for this year
CO median
Not reported for this year
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Not reported for this year

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,467
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,467 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $371K ÷ population 107 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 107 residents, small changes in Moffat's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • 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, FY2021. Bars show Moffat; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

$3,467
per resident
Money in: Moffat revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$3,467No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Moffat 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
Moffat compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Moffat$3,467Not reported for this yearNot reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Montezuma$1,027$1,219$753Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Pitkin$1,737$789$1,184$855Not reported for this year
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this yearNot reported for this yearNot reported for this year

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 $434 to FY2021 $3,467.$0$1.7K$3.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $951Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $434FY2021: $3,467

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$434$951$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$3,467Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $270. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $270FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 23% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 23% of the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$270Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 23% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
1 year withheld.$0$352.6$705.1’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 3.0x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 3.0x the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 3.0x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Moffat’s finances

How much revenue does Moffat collect per resident?
Moffat collected $3,467 per resident in FY2021, 40% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Moffat compared with?
Moffat is compared with Montezuma and Pitkin: 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)
−2.6%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$39.3K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
25.3%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$84.2K
2018 estimate · nearest year to FY2021
Housing vacancy rate
14.9%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Moffat, 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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