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Pagosa Springs · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Archuleta County · Southwest · home rule municipality · Pop. 1,838 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,684 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2016). 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?

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FY2021 in brief

Several FY2021 figures are withheld pending verification against the city's audited report.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median
  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7.0x 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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

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)

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

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Pagosa Springs’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T27 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U41 Royalties
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 1,684 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, FY2021. Bars show Pagosa Springs; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare
Pagosa Springs compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Pagosa SpringsNot reported for this year
Del Norte$3,232
CenterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 70.3% 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.$3,283$2,787$536$381$989
CedaredgeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.3% 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.$2,015$1,959$534$351$1,341
Crested ButteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.0% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.0× the Colorado median.$10,983$9,068$8,453$4,261$2,968
PaoniaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 29.2% 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.$2,448$1,774$901$726$2,642
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot 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.

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 $3,435. 1 year withheld.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,008Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,435FY2021: withheld — Revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,435$2,008$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $4,043. 1 year withheld.$0$2K$4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,578Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $4,043FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 3.2x the peer median

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$4,043$1,578$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 3.2x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$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 8.7x the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 7.0x the peer median

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 8.7x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 7.0x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,721.$0$1.4K$2.7K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,836Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,721

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,721$1,836$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Pagosa Springs’s finances

Which cities is Pagosa Springs compared with?
Pagosa Springs is compared with Del Norte, Center, Cedaredge, Crested Butte and Paonia: 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)
−1.9%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$32.7K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
34.7%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$257.8K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
31.9%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Pagosa Springs, 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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