Pagosa Springs · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Pagosa Springs, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Archuleta County · Southwest · home rule municipality · Pop. 1,838 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,857 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Pagosa Springs: 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

FY2016 in brief

Pagosa Springs collected $3,435 per resident, 97% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 71% above its peers. Debt per resident runs 48% above peers.

Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer 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)

$3,435

71% above peers

Peer median: $2,008
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 83% 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)

$4,043

2.6× peers

Peer median: $1,578
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 87% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars: Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,721

48% above peers

Peer median: $1,836
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 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 78% 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 · $3,435

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$3,435 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $6.4M ÷ population 1,857 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- C46 State aid
- C80 State aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U40 Rents
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

With about 1,857 residents, small changes in Pagosa Springs's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $1,800 per resident, 7.1× the peer median. On the revenue side, Pagosa Springs reports no utility & transit charges; peers collect $572 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$3,435

per resident71% above peers

Money in: Pagosa Springs revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$390	$371	5% above peerspeers $371	11%

Sewer charges $390 · peers $78 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges
	$128	$240	47% below peerspeers $240	4%

State aid $128 · peers $50 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid C80 State aid C89 State aid
	$60	$22	2.8× peerspeers $22	2%

Fines & forfeits $33 · peers $1 Interest earnings $23 · peers $1 Rents $4 · peers $2 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U40 Rents
None reported · peers $572	$0	$572	None reported	0%

Pagosa Springs reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems.
	Withheld Pagosa Springs · Sales tax · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 11.1x the peer median; tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$188	Withheldpeers $188	Withheld

General sales tax Withheld Pagosa Springs · General sales tax · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 11.1x the peer median; tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $188 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	Withheld Pagosa Springs · Property tax · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$75	Withheldpeers $75	Withheld

Property tax Withheld Pagosa Springs · Property tax · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $75 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	Withheld Pagosa Springs · Other taxes · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$43	Withheldpeers $43	Withheld

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) Withheld Pagosa Springs · Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $30 Licenses & permits Withheld Pagosa Springs · Licenses & permits · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $12 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$4,043

per resident2.6× peers

Money out: Pagosa Springs spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$1,800	$254	7.1× peerspeers $254	45%

General government (other) $1,104 · peers $149 Financial administration $234 · peers $0 Central staff services $191 · peers $189 Judicial & legal $156 · peers $8 General public buildings $116 · peers $9 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other)
	$1,104	$700	58% above peerspeers $700	27%

Sewer $1,104 · peers $0 incl. $154 construction incl. $154 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer F80 Sewer L80 Sewer M80 Sewer
	$452	$217	2.1× peerspeers $217	11%

Police $452 · peers $217 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$400	$162	2.5× peerspeers $162	10%

Parks & recreation $400 · peers $161 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$239	$60	4.0× peerspeers $60	6%

Streets & highways $239 · peers $60 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$48	$15	3.2× peerspeers $15	1%

Interest on debt $48 · peers $15 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $2	$0	$2	None reported	0%

Pagosa Springs reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Health, hospitals and public welfare.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Pagosa 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Pagosa Springs compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Pagosa Springs	$3,435	$4,043	Withheld Pagosa Springs · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Pagosa Springs · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 11.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$2,721
OlatheUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.9% 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.	$787	$502	$317	$220	$745
Del NorteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.8% 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.	$11,164	$9,286	Withheld Del Norte · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Del Norte · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 15.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$2,927
CedaredgeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.7% 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.	$2,050	$1,585	$327	$188	$381
CenterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 70.3% 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.	$1,965	$1,572	$269	$158	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$2,008	$1,578	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	$1,836

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

FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,435	$2,008	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 3.2x the peer median

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$4,043	$1,578	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 3.2x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median
FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7.0x the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 7.0x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,721	$1,836	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	—	—	—

Questions about Pagosa Springs’s finances

How much revenue does Pagosa Springs collect per resident?: Pagosa Springs collected $3,435 per resident in FY2016, 97% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Pagosa Springs's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Pagosa Springs spent $4,043 per resident in FY2016, 2.6× the median of its peers: Olathe, Del Norte, Cedaredge and Center. See the figure
How much debt does Pagosa Springs have per resident?: Pagosa Springs carried $2,721 of debt per resident in FY2016, 48% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Pagosa Springs compared with?: Pagosa Springs is compared with Olathe, Del Norte, Cedaredge and Center: 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): +1.6%/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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Silverton$5,664 · FY2021
Bayfield$1,800 · FY2021
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Rico$1,918 · FY2021
Cortez$3,373 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Pagosa Springs · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Pagosa Springs and its peers

Trends

Questions about Pagosa Springs’s finances

Community context

Explore further

Also in Southwest

Sources

General government is Pagosa Springs’s largest difference from its peers (7.1× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.