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Ordway · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Crowley County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 1,053 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,105 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Ordway collected $1,343 per resident (including city-run utilities), 46% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 63% below its peers, and 82% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 46% above 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)

$1,343
54% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,925
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 16% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.7%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$188
63% below peers
Peer median
$511
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 8% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$163
46% above peers
Peer median
$111
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 8% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−1.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,343
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $1,343 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.5M ÷ population 1,105 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • T01 Property tax
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Ordway runs city-owned utilities, which add 22.0% 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 1,105 residents, small changes in Ordway's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Ordway's FY2021 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, FY2021. Bars show Ordway; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: $295 per resident, 80% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,343
per resident54% below peers
Money in: Ordway revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$65942% abovepeers $464
$29580% belowpeers $1,474
$2012.2×peers $93
$18865% abovepeers $114
None reported · peers $391$0None reported
None reported · peers $217$0None reported
None reported · peers $14$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Ordway’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Ordway 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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Ordway compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
OrdwayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.0% 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.$1,343$188Not reported for this year$163
JulesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.5% 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.$2,487$2,334$321Not reported for this year$419
SpringfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 52.1% 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.$3,103$2,765$581$422$111
HaxtunUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.8% 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 7.9× the Colorado median.$14,085$10,384$6,794Not reported for this year
HollyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 60.6% 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.$2,746$2,455$511$391Not reported for this year
Peer median$2,925Benchmark unavailable$511Not reported for this year$111

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 $927 to FY2021 $1,343.$0$1.5K$2.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $979Peer median FY2021: $2,925Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $927FY2021: $1,343

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$927$979$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,343$2,925$2,476 (227 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $188. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $511Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $188FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 29% 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 29% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$188$511$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $174 to FY2021 $163.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $111Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $174FY2021: $163

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$174Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$163$111$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Ordway’s finances

How much revenue does Ordway collect per resident?
Ordway collected $1,343 per resident in FY2021, 46% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Ordway have per resident?
Ordway carried $163 of debt per resident in FY2021, 46% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Ordway compared with?
Ordway is compared with Julesburg, Springfield, Haxtun and Holly: 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)
+1.4%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$34.7K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
26.2%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$69.6K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
12.0%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Ordway, 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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