Naturita · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Naturita, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Montrose County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 478 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 483 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Naturita: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Naturita collected $2,797 per resident (including city-run utilities), 13% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 42% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 83% above its peers, and 23% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 76% 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)

$2,797

42% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,972
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 60% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +5.0%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$890

43% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,561
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 7% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −6.9%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,317

83% above peers

Peer median: $718
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 60% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +15.2%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$143

76% below peers

Peer median: $589
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 7% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −6.7%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,797

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$2,797 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $1.4M ÷ population 483 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U20 Interest earnings
- U50 Private donations
- 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

Naturita runs city-owned utilities, which add 21.8% 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 483 residents, small changes in Naturita'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 Naturita; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $317 per resident, 54% below the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 20.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,797

per resident42% above peers

Money in: Naturita 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
	$901	$646	39% above peerspeers $646	32%

General sales tax $901 · peers $646 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$609	$296	2.1× peerspeers $296	22%

Water utility charges $609 · peers $296 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$466	$469	in line with peerspeers $469	17%

State aid $383 · peers $105 Local government aid $83 · peers $238 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$360	$253	42% above peerspeers $253	13%

Sewer charges $358 · peers $195 Parks & recreation charges $2 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges
	$329	$16	20.3× peerspeers $16	12%

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $199 · peers $15 Licenses & permits $116 · peers $2 Other taxes $14 · peers $0 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits T24 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes
	$87	$122	29% below peerspeers $122	3%

Property tax $87 · peers $122 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$46	$70	35% below peerspeers $70	2%

Miscellaneous $39 · peers $19 Private donations $4 · peers $0 Interest earnings $2 · peers $1 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U50 Private donations U99 Miscellaneous

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$890

per resident43% below peers

Money out: Naturita 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
	$524	$548	in line with peerspeers $548	59%

Water utility $435 · peers $265 incl. $81 construction Electric utility $81 · peers $0 Gas utility $8 · peers $0 incl. $81 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E91 Water utility E92 Electric utility E93 Gas utility F91 Water utility
	$317	$686	54% below peerspeers $686	36%

General government (other) $306 · peers $309 General public buildings $10 · peers $0 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other)
	$29	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	3%

Health $29 · peers $0 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E32 Health
	$14	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	2%

Commercial activities (other) $14 · peers $0 Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above. Census line items E03 Commercial activities (other)
	$6	$2	3.7× peerspeers $2	1%

Interest on debt $6 · peers $2 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $93	$0	$93	None reported	0%

Naturita reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.
None reported · peers $73	$0	$73	None reported	0%

Naturita reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.
None reported · peers $55	$0	$55	None reported	0%

Naturita 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

Naturita 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

Naturita compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
NaturitaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.8% 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.	$2,797	$890	$1,317	$901	$143
NuclaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 40.3% 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.	$1,311	$1,577	$467	$369	$81
San Luis	$1,744	Withheld San Luis · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures 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.	$718	$552	$589
AntonitoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.2% 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 1.9× the Colorado median.	$2,932	$1,726	$1,712	$1,605	$3,664
SaguacheUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.4% 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.	$2,200	$1,423	$935	$740	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$1,972	$1,561	$718	$552	$589

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

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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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,192	$927	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$2,797	$1,972	$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	$1,271	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$890	$1,561	$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	$649	$267	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$1,317	$718	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt 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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$202	$960	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$143	$589	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Naturita’s finances

How much revenue does Naturita collect per resident?: Naturita collected $2,797 per resident in FY2021, 13% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Naturita's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Naturita spent $890 per resident in FY2021, 43% below the median of its peers: Nucla, San Luis, Antonito and Saguache. See the figure
How much debt does Naturita have per resident?: Naturita carried $143 of debt per resident in FY2021, 76% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Naturita compared with?: Naturita is compared with Nucla, San Luis, Antonito and Saguache: 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): −1.5%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $23.6K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 22.7%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $107.5K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 18.4%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Western Slope

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Crawford$945 · FY2016
Nucla$1,311 · FY2021
Collbran$4,840 · FY2021
Dinosaur$3,192 · FY2016
Ouray$10,701 · FY2021
Hotchkiss$2,602 · FY2021
Ridgway$3,618 · FY2021

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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Naturita · 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

Naturita and its peers

Trends

Questions about Naturita’s finances

Community context

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Also in Western Slope

Sources

General government is Naturita’s largest difference from its peers (54% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.