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Oak Creek · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Routt County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 834 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 924 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (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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FY2016 in brief

Oak Creek collected $3,543 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.0× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 10% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 24% above peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 11% 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

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$3,543
10% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,931
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 85% 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)

$1,923
70% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$6,457
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 53% 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)

$2,165
24% above peers
Peer median
$1,741
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 72% 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 · $3,543
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $3,543 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $3.3M ÷ population 924 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • B80 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C80 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U41 Royalties

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Oak Creek runs city-owned utilities, which add 37.0% 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 924 residents, small changes in Oak Creek's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Oak Creek's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $236 per resident, 86% below the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 4.2× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,543
per resident10% below peers
Money in: Oak Creek revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,3113.7×peers $350
$1,2884.2×peers $309
$52383% abovepeers $285
$4171% belowpeers $143
Withheld
Withheld
Withheld
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,923
per resident70% below peers
Money out: Oak Creek spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,18958% abovepeers $754
$23686% belowpeers $1,679
$14985% belowpeers $991
$11765% belowpeers $338
$3486% belowpeers $244
Withheldpeers $1,273
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare
Oak Creek compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Oak CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 37.0% 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.$3,543$1,923$2,165
Mt. Crested ButteRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.5× the Colorado median.$3,931$6,457$1,924$2,583
RidgwayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.8% 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.$2,373$1,940$1,352$779$775
DillonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.5% 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.$11,299$10,677$12,496
Peer median$3,931$6,457Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$1,741

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 $3,543 to FY2021 $4,009.$0$3.7K$7.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $3,931Peer median FY2021: $7,360Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,543FY2021: $4,009

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$3,543$3,931$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$4,009$7,360$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,923 to FY2021 $3,126.$0$4.6K$9.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $6,457Peer median FY2021: $9,219Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,923FY2021: $3,126

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,923$6,457$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,126$9,219$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
2 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 11% of the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 11% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,165 to FY2021 $1,856.$0$3K$6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,741Peer median FY2021: $5,994Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,165FY2021: $1,856

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$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 $3,543 per resident in FY2016, 2.0× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Oak Creek's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Oak Creek spent $1,923 per resident in FY2016, 70% below the median of its peers: Mt. Crested Butte, Ridgway and Dillon. See the figure
How much debt does Oak Creek have per resident?
Oak Creek carried $2,165 of debt per resident in FY2016, 24% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Oak Creek compared with?
Oak Creek is compared with Mt. Crested Butte, Ridgway and Dillon: 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)
+0.7%/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: Oak Creek, 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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