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Nucla · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Montrose County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 577 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 690 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Nucla collected $806 per resident (including city-run utilities), 54% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 71% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 7% above peers.

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)

$806
48% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,556
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 12% 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)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$187
71% below peers
Peer median
$649
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 14% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$190
7% above peers
Peer median
$178
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 19% 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 · $806
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $806 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $556K ÷ population 690 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Nucla runs city-owned utilities, which add 50.5% 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 690 residents, small changes in Nucla's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Nucla relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Nucla; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Fees & charges: $186 per resident, 51% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$806
per resident48% below peers
Money in: Nucla revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$40756% abovepeers $260
$18651% belowpeers $381
$17134% belowpeers $259
$2281% belowpeers $114
$162.4×peers $7
$491% belowpeers $47
None reported · peers $108$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Nucla 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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Nucla compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
NuclaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 50.5% 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.$806$187$171$190
HotchkissUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.5% 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.$1,807$2,307$813$602$829
CollbranUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.7% 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.$1,556$120
NaturitaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.3% 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.$2,192$1,271$649$518$202
San LuisUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.$896Not reported for this year$168
AntonitoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.$946$185$108Not reported for this year$178
Peer median$1,556Benchmark unavailable$649Benchmark unavailable$178

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
FY2016 $806 to FY2021 $1,311.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,556Peer median FY2021: $2,200Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $806FY2021: $1,311

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$806$1,556$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,311$2,200$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $1,577. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,574Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,577FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 18% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 18% of the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 18% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,577$1,574$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $187 to FY2021 $467.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $649Peer median FY2021: $935Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $187FY2021: $467

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$187$649$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$467$935$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $190 to FY2021 $81.$0$889.3$1.8K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $178Peer median FY2021: $1,779Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $190FY2021: $81

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$190$178$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$81$1,779$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Nucla’s finances

How much revenue does Nucla collect per resident?
Nucla collected $806 per resident in FY2016, 54% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Nucla have per resident?
Nucla carried $190 of debt per resident in FY2016, 7% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Nucla compared with?
Nucla is compared with Hotchkiss, Collbran, Naturita, San Luis and Antonito: 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)
−0.3%/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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Sources

Dataset: Nucla, 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.

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