Otis · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Otis, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Washington County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 502 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 520 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

City website (opens in a new tab)

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Otis collected $771 per resident (including city-run utilities), 69% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 41% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 45% below its peers, and 84% below the state median.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

$771

41% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,314
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 4% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +5.9%/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 Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars: Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$167

45% below peers

Peer median: $304
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 6% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +4.2%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $771

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$771 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $401K ÷ population 520 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A91 Water utility charges
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Otis runs city-owned utilities, which add 78.3% 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 520 residents, small changes in Otis'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 Otis; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Fees & charges: none reported, against a peer median of $320 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$771

per resident41% below peers

Money in: Otis revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$604	$459	32% above peerspeers $459	78%

Water utility charges $604 · peers $335 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$98	$142	31% below peerspeers $142	13%

Property tax $98 · peers $142 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$69	$211	67% below peerspeers $211	9%

General sales tax $69 · peers $211 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
None reported · peers $320	$0	$320	None reported	0%

Otis reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports.
None reported · peers $96	$0	$96	None reported	0%

Otis reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments.
None reported · peers $49	$0	$49	None reported	0%

Otis reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes.
None reported · peers $24	$0	$24	None reported	0%

Otis reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Otis 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

Otis compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
OtisUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 78.3% 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.	$771	Withheld Otis · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 4% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$167	$69	Not 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	Withheld Wiley · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 14% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$304	$167	$623
FlemingUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 54.3% 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.	$1,940	$1,618	$403	$255	$3,556
StrattonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.7% 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.	$1,566	Withheld Stratton · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 3.5x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$516	$267	$1,777
SwinkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 40.2% 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.	$1,049	$1,133	$252	Not reported for this year	$515
Peer median	$1,314	Benchmark unavailable	$304	$211	Not reported for this year

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

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.

Show data table

Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$579	$1,283	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$771	$1,314	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

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.

Show data table

Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$136	$274	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$167	$304	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Questions about Otis’s finances

How much revenue does Otis collect per resident?: Otis collected $771 per resident in FY2021, 69% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Otis compared with?: Otis is compared with Wiley, Fleming, Stratton and Swink: 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): +1.7%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $48.5K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 21.3%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $87.2K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 24.2%; 2021 estimate

Explore further

Also in Eastern Plains

Walsh$1,685 · FY2021
Granada
Wiley$1,062 · FY2021
Swink$1,049 · FY2021
Fleming$1,940 · FY2021
Flagler$1,998 · FY2021
Simla$538 · FY2021
Eads$1,635 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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