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Ovid · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Sedgwick County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 256 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 322 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2021). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Ovid: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Ovid collected $925 per resident (including city-run utilities), 47% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 58% above its peers, but 85% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 88% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$925
47% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 15% of the 224 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$180
90% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Lowest of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$106
58% above peers
Peer median
$67
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 7% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$174
88% below peers
Peer median
$1,427
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 10% of the 220 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 · $925
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $925 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $298K ÷ population 322 (2016 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

  • Ovid runs city-owned utilities, which add 23.2% 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 322 residents, small changes in Ovid's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Ovid; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

$925
per resident
Money in: Ovid revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$444No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$214No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$161No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$106No peer comparison
Peer median of 1 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$180
per resident
Money out: Ovid spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$96No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$53No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$19No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$6No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$6No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Ovid 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare
Ovid compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
OvidUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$925$180$106Not reported for this year$174
Olney SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 71.3% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$432$27Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$67Not reported for this year$1,427

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 $925 to FY2021 $1,447.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,182Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $925FY2021: $1,447

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$925Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,447$1,182$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $180 to FY2021 $1,065.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,017Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $180FY2021: $1,065

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$180Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,065$1,017$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $106 to FY2021 $286.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $67Peer median FY2021: $144Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $106FY2021: $286

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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$106$67$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$286$144$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $174 to FY2021 $130.$0$713.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,427Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $174FY2021: $130

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$174$1,427$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$130Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Ovid’s finances

How much revenue does Ovid collect per resident?
Ovid collected $925 per resident in FY2016, 47% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Ovid's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Ovid spent $180 per resident in FY2016, 90% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Ovid have per resident?
Ovid carried $174 of debt per resident in FY2016, 88% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Ovid compared with?
Ovid is compared with Olney Springs: 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)
+0.3%/yr
2016 estimate
Median household income
Not reported for this year
Poverty rate
Not reported for this year
Median home value
Not reported for this year
Housing vacancy rate
Not reported for this year

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Sources

Dataset: Ovid, 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.

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