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Monte Vista · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Rio Grande County · San Luis Valley · home rule municipality · Pop. 4,005 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 4,116 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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

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FY2016 in brief

Monte Vista collected $1,234 per resident (including city-run utilities), 29% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Debt per resident runs 42% below the state median.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 27% of this city's typical level in other years

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)

$1,234
37% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,965
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 35% 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)

$1,370
13% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,572
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 36% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$617
42% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 35% 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 · $1,234
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,234 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $5.1M ÷ population 4,116 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B80 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C50 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • D30 Local government aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D50 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Monte Vista runs city-owned utilities, which add 17.5% 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 4,116 residents, small changes in Monte Vista'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 Monte Vista; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $433 per resident, 30% below the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 5.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,234
per resident37% below peers
Money in: Monte Vista revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$4395.3×peers $83
$278in line withpeers $270
$21656% belowpeers $489
$6015% belowpeers $70
Withheldpeers $348
Withheldpeers $59
Withheldpeers $0
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,370
per resident13% below peers
Money out: Monte Vista spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$43330% belowpeers $622
$36418% abovepeers $308
$26750% abovepeers $178
$1963.0×peers $65
$6826% belowpeers $92
$2660.9×peers $0
$16No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Monte Vista 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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Monte Vista compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Monte VistaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.5% 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.$1,234$1,370$617
SilverthorneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 4.6× the Colorado median.$4,781$4,373$3,001$2,550Not reported for this year
Orchard CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.0% 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.$942$888Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
SalidaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.4% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.1× the Colorado median.$2,353$2,566$1,288$1,184$2,704
PalisadeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.5% 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.$1,156$874$492$348$171
CenterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 70.3% 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.$1,965$1,572$269$158Not reported for this year
Peer median$1,965$1,572Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable

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 $1,234 to FY2023 $2,008.$0$1.8K$3.7K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,965Peer median FY2021: $1,632Peer median FY2023: $3,661Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,234FY2021: $2,876FY2023: $2,008

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$1,234$1,965$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,876$1,632$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$2,008$3,661$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,370 to FY2023 $1,849.$0$2.2K$4.3K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,572Peer median FY2021: $1,562Peer median FY2023: $4,332Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,370FY2021: $3,409FY2023: $1,849. 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$1,370$1,572$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,409$1,562$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$1,849$4,332$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $975 to FY2023 $805. 1 year withheld.$0$916.8$1.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $1,528Peer median FY2023: $1,834Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $975FY2023: $805FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 27% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 27% of this city's typical level in other years

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
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 27% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$975$1,528$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$805$1,834$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $617 to FY2021 $1,041.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $947Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $617FY2021: $1,041

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$617Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$1,041$947$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023———

Questions about Monte Vista’s finances

How much revenue does Monte Vista collect per resident?
Monte Vista collected $1,234 per resident in FY2016, 29% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Monte Vista's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Monte Vista spent $1,370 per resident in FY2016, 13% below the median of its peers: Silverthorne, Orchard City, Salida, Palisade and Center. See the figure
How much debt does Monte Vista have per resident?
Monte Vista carried $617 of debt per resident in FY2016, 42% below the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Monte Vista compared with?
Monte Vista is compared with Silverthorne, Orchard City, Salida, Palisade and Center: 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)
−1.3%/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

Dataset: Monte Vista, 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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