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Olathe · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Montrose County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 1,927 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,973 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Olathe: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Olathe collected $1,276 per resident (including city-run utilities), 48% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 27% below its peers, and 57% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 51% below peers.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,276
48% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,448
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 14% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+10.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,123
55% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,513
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 13% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+17.5%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$464
27% below peers
Peer median
$637
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 15% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.9%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$601
51% below peers
Peer median
$1,231
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 24% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−4.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,276
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,276 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $2.5M ÷ population 1,973 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Olathe runs city-owned utilities, which add 12.7% 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 1,973 residents, small changes in Olathe'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 Olathe; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $401 per resident, 54% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 75% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,276
per resident48% below peers
Money in: Olathe revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$36318% belowpeers $441
$28413% belowpeers $326
$28123% belowpeers $364
$16275% belowpeers $653
$862.1×peers $42
$6930% belowpeers $99
$3259% belowpeers $78
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,123
per resident55% below peers
Money out: Olathe spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$40154% belowpeers $879
$30529% belowpeers $427
$17375% abovepeers $99
$15071% abovepeers $87
$7284% belowpeers $463
$2239% belowpeers $36
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Olathe 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
Olathe compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
OlatheUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.7% 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.$1,276$1,123$464$363$601
MeekerUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.4% 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.$1,182$1,136$739$500Not reported for this year
RangelyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.6% 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.$2,278$2,681$528$368$438
PalisadeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.2% 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.$3,787$2,513$1,474
PaoniaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 29.2% 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.$2,448$1,774$901$726$2,642
CenterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 70.3% 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.$3,283$2,787$536$381$989
Peer median$2,448$2,513$637$441$1,231

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 $787 to FY2021 $1,276. 1 year withheld.$0$1.4K$2.9K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,883Peer median FY2021: $2,448Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $787FY2021: $1,276FY2023: withheld — Revenue per resident is 6% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2023 withheld: Revenue per resident is 6% of the peer median

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$787$2,883$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,276$2,448$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023Withheld (Revenue per resident is 6% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $502 to FY2021 $1,123. 1 year withheld.$0$1.4K$2.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,814Peer median FY2021: $2,513Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $502FY2021: $1,123FY2023: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 5% of the peer median

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.

  • FY2023 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 5% of the peer median

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$502$2,814$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,123$2,513$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 5% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $317 to FY2021 $464. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $637Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $317FY2021: $464FY2023: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2023 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$317Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$464$637$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $745 to FY2023 $570.$0$12.4K$24.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,439Peer median FY2021: $1,231Peer median FY2023: $24,791Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $745FY2021: $601FY2023: $570

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$745$1,439$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$601$1,231$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$570$24,791$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Olathe’s finances

How much revenue does Olathe collect per resident?
Olathe collected $1,276 per resident in FY2021, 48% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Olathe's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Olathe spent $1,123 per resident in FY2021, 55% below the median of its peers: Meeker, Rangely, Palisade, Paonia and Center. See the figure
How much debt does Olathe have per resident?
Olathe carried $601 of debt per resident in FY2021, 51% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Olathe compared with?
Olathe is compared with Meeker, Rangely, Palisade, Paonia 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)
+1.8%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$52.9K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
20.4%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$176.7K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
11.3%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Olathe, 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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