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Orchard City · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Delta County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 3,299 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 3,193 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Orchard City collected $1,453 per resident (including city-run utilities), 41% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 19% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 13% below peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7% 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)

$1,453
19% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,800
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 20% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$695
66% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,038
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 3% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−4.8%/yr

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)

$516
13% below peers
Peer median
$591
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 23% 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 · $1,453
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,453 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $4.6M ÷ population 3,193 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Orchard City runs city-owned utilities, which add 32.3% 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 3,193 residents, small changes in Orchard City'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 Orchard City; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Public safety: $1 per resident, 100% below the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 2.9× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,453
per resident19% below peers
Money in: Orchard City revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$9362.9×peers $326
$46963% abovepeers $288
$379% belowpeers $12
$0100% belowpeers $411
None reported · peers $368$0None reported
None reported · peers $85$0None reported
Withheldpeers $76
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$695
per resident66% below peers
Money out: Orchard City spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$60321% belowpeers $764
$5186% belowpeers $366
$2872% belowpeers $99
$1287% belowpeers $94
$1100% belowpeers $508
None reported · peers $19$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Orchard City 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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Orchard City compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Orchard CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.3% 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.$1,453$695Not reported for this year$516
SiltUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.6% 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.$1,303$1,562$494$336$591
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
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
BayfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.5% 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.$1,800$650Not reported for this year
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
Peer median$1,800$2,038Benchmark unavailableNot reported for this year$591

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 $942 to FY2021 $1,453.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,603Peer median FY2021: $1,800Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $942FY2021: $1,453

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$942$1,603$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,453$1,800$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $888 to FY2021 $695.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,449Peer median FY2021: $2,038Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $888FY2021: $695

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$888$1,449$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$695$2,038$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 4% of the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 4% of the peer median
  • FY2021 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
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 4% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2021 $516.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $591Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $516

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016———
FY2021$516$591$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Orchard City’s finances

How much revenue does Orchard City collect per resident?
Orchard City collected $1,453 per resident in FY2021, 41% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Orchard City's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Orchard City spent $695 per resident in FY2021, 66% below the median of its peers: Silt, Palisade, Rangely, Bayfield and Meeker. See the figure
How much debt does Orchard City have per resident?
Orchard City carried $516 of debt per resident in FY2021, 13% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Orchard City compared with?
Orchard City is compared with Silt, Palisade, Rangely, Bayfield and Meeker: 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
$62.9K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
17.6%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$272K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
8.9%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Orchard City, 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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