Oak Creek · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Oak Creek, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Routt County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 834 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 867 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Oak Creek collected $4,009 per resident (including city-run utilities), 62% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 46% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 69% below peers.

Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median

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)

$4,009

46% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $7,360
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 78% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +2.5%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,126

66% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $9,219
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 72% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +10.2%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
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: Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars: Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,856

69% below peers

Peer median: $5,994
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 62% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −3.0%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $4,009

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$4,009 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $3.5M ÷ population 867 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- A92 Electric utility charges
- B89 Federal aid
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U40 Rents
- U50 Private donations
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

Oak Creek runs city-owned utilities, which add 53.3% 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 867 residents, small changes in Oak Creek'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 Oak Creek; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $388 per resident, 77% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 2.7× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$4,009

per resident46% below peers

Money in: Oak Creek 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
	$2,137	$779	2.7× peerspeers $779	53%

Electric utility charges $1,639 · peers $0 Water utility charges $498 · peers $553 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges A92 Electric utility charges
	$597	$890	33% below peerspeers $890	15%

Sewer charges $423 · peers $666 Solid waste charges $166 · peers $50 General government (other) charges $8 · peers $114 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$479	$290	65% above peerspeers $290	12%

State aid $280 · peers $238 Federal aid $140 · peers $0 Local government aid $59 · peers $3 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$38	$154	75% below peerspeers $154	1%

Private donations $18 · peers $0 Rents $18 · peers $0 Interest earnings $1 · peers $15 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U40 Rents U50 Private donations
	Withheld Oak Creek · Sales tax · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 21% of the peer median; tax revenue per resident is 16% 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.	$3,317	Withheldpeers $3,317	Withheld

General sales tax Withheld Oak Creek · General sales tax · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 21% of the peer median; tax revenue per resident is 16% 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. · peers $3,317 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	Withheld Oak Creek · Other taxes · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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.	$922	Withheldpeers $922	Withheld

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) Withheld Oak Creek · Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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. · peers $390 Licenses & permits Withheld Oak Creek · Licenses & permits · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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. · peers $141 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits
	Withheld Oak Creek · Property tax · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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.	$634	Withheldpeers $634	Withheld

Property tax Withheld Oak Creek · Property tax · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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. · peers $634 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,126

per resident66% below peers

Money out: Oak Creek 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
	$2,072	$1,136	82% above peerspeers $1,136	66%

Electric utility $1,277 · peers $0 incl. $8 construction Sewer $321 · peers $611 incl. $2 construction Water utility $299 · peers $493 incl. $6 construction Solid waste $175 · peers $0 incl. $16 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility E92 Electric utility F80 Sewer F91 Water utility F92 Electric utility
	$388	$1,653	77% below peerspeers $1,653	12%

Central staff services $181 · peers $8 General government (other) $100 · peers $1,653 Financial administration $87 · peers $268 General public buildings $16 · peers $0 Judicial & legal $3 · peers $2 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other)
	$179	$799	78% below peerspeers $799	6%

Parks & recreation $179 · peers $396 incl. $59 construction incl. $59 construction Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation F61 Parks & recreation
	$73	$657	89% below peerspeers $657	2%

Streets & highways $73 · peers $657 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$50	$136	64% below peerspeers $136	2%

Interest on debt $50 · peers $136 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt I91 Interest on debt I92 Interest on debt
	Withheld Oak Creek · Public safety · FY2021 Reason: Police spending per resident is 32% 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.	$1,160	Withheldpeers $1,160	Withheld

Police Withheld Oak Creek · Police · FY2021 Reason: Police spending per resident is 32% 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. · peers $1,153 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police F62 Police

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Oak Creek 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

Oak Creek compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Oak CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.3% 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.	$4,009	$3,126	Withheld Oak Creek · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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.	Withheld Oak Creek · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 21% 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.	$1,856
Central CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.5× the Colorado median.	$11,511	$9,407	Withheld Central City · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 7.0x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$1,317	$101,531
IgnacioUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.2% 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 2.6× the Colorado median.	$5,129	$4,332	$2,333	$2,261	Not reported for this year
FairplayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.6% 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 3.0× the Colorado median.	$5,213	$3,948	Withheld Fairplay · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 3.6x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$2,591	$4,005
OurayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.5% 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 3.9× the Colorado median.	$10,701	$9,219	$4,883	$3,327	$7,982
Mt. Crested ButteRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.9× the Colorado median.	$7,360	$11,410	$6,746	$3,317	$1,473
Peer median	$7,360	$9,219	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	$5,994

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	$3,543	$3,931	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$4,009	$7,360	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures 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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,923	$6,457	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$3,126	$9,219	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 11% of the peer median
FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 11% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$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	$2,165	$1,741	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,856	$5,994	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Oak Creek’s finances

How much revenue does Oak Creek collect per resident?: Oak Creek collected $4,009 per resident in FY2021, 62% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Oak Creek's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Oak Creek spent $3,126 per resident in FY2021, 66% below the median of its peers: Central City, Ignacio, Fairplay, Ouray and Mt. Crested Butte. See the figure
How much debt does Oak Creek have per resident?: Oak Creek carried $1,856 of debt per resident in FY2021, 69% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Oak Creek compared with?: Oak Creek is compared with Central City, Ignacio, Fairplay, Ouray and Mt. Crested Butte: 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; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $60.8K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 9.7%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $260K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 20.2%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Blue River$1,525 · FY2016
Central City$13,790 · FY2023
Fairplay$5,213 · FY2021
Mt. Crested Butte$8,532 · FY2023
Minturn$4,343 · FY2023
Hot Sulphur Springs
Dillon$22,632 · FY2022
Walden$4,010 · 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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Oak Creek · 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

Oak Creek and its peers

Trends

Questions about Oak Creek’s finances

Community context

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Sources

General government is Oak Creek’s largest difference from its peers (77% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.