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Olney Springs · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Crowley County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 288 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 320 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Olney Springs: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Olney Springs collected $741 per resident (including city-run utilities), 70% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 33% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 3.4× peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 14% 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

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$741
33% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,106
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 4% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+11.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,144
41% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$811
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 14% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,563
3.4× peers
Peer median
$759
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 72% of the 199 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 · $741
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $741 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $237K ÷ population 320 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • U30 Fines & forfeits

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Olney Springs runs city-owned utilities, which add 35.4% 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 320 residents, small changes in Olney Springs's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 3.4× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Olney Springs; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $519 per resident, 3.3× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 32% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$741
per resident33% below peers
Money in: Olney Springs revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$27521% belowpeers $350
$26332% belowpeers $387
$15929% abovepeers $123
$1645% belowpeers $28
None reported · peers $23$0None reported
None reported · peers $21$0None reported
Withheldpeers $84
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,144
per resident41% above peers
Money out: Olney Springs spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$5193.3×peers $158
$41313% abovepeers $365
$2069.9×peers $21
$670% belowpeers $21
None reported · peers $118$0None reported
None reported · peers $45$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Olney Springs 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

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Olney Springs compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Olney SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.4% 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.$741$1,144Not reported for this year$2,563
HillroseUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 39.0% 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.$1,163$879$101Not reported for this year$1,569
MerinoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.0% 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.$1,106$951$176Not reported for this year$894
Kit CarsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 52.0% 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.$1,091$461$217Not reported for this year
WileyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.0% 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.$1,062$304$167$623
ManzanolaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.3% 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.$2,639$743$198$41$107
Peer median$1,106$811Benchmark unavailableNot reported for this year$759

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 $432 to FY2023 $919.$0$1.9K$3.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2018: $2,829Peer median FY2019: $1,212Peer median FY2020: $2,250Peer median FY2021: $1,106Peer median FY2022: $1,162Peer median FY2023: $3,802Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $432FY2018: $444FY2019: $462FY2020: $495FY2021: $741FY2022: $1,026FY2023: $919

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, 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$432Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$444$2,829$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$462$1,212$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$495$2,250$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$741$1,106$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$1,026$1,162$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$919$3,802$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2018 $495 to FY2023 $1,121. 1 year withheld.$0$2.6K$5.2K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2018: $690Peer median FY2019: $1,240Peer median FY2020: $1,379Peer median FY2021: $811Peer median FY2022: $1,009Peer median FY2023: $5,169Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $495FY2019: $505FY2020: $537FY2021: $1,144FY2022: $1,158. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $1,121. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other years

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.

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023, the same year as the census definition change. 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
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$495$690$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$505$1,240$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$537$1,379$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,144$811$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,158$1,009$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,121$5,169$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $27. 6 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $27FY2018: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 14% of the peer medianFY2019: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 12% of the peer medianFY2020: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 14% of the peer medianFY2022: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 5% of the peer medianFY2023: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2018, FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 14% of the peer median
  • FY2019 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 12% of the peer median
  • FY2020 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median
  • FY2022 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 5% of the peer median
  • 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$27Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 14% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 12% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 14% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 5% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2021 $2,563 to FY2023 $2,694.$0$1.9K$3.7K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2021: $759Peer median FY2022: $704Peer median FY2023: $3,726Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $2,563FY2022: $2,659FY2023: $2,694

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2022, 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———
FY2018———
FY2019———
FY2020———
FY2021$2,563$759$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$2,659$704$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,694$3,726$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Olney Springs’s finances

How much revenue does Olney Springs collect per resident?
Olney Springs collected $741 per resident in FY2021, 70% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Olney Springs's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Olney Springs spent $1,144 per resident in FY2021, 41% above the median of its peers: Hillrose, Merino, Kit Carson, Wiley and Manzanola. See the figure
How much debt does Olney Springs have per resident?
Olney Springs carried $2,563 of debt per resident in FY2021, 3.4× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Olney Springs compared with?
Olney Springs is compared with Hillrose, Merino, Kit Carson, Wiley and Manzanola: 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
2021 estimate
Median household income
$52.5K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
21.5%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$81.3K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
20.7%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Olney Springs, 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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