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Paonia · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Delta County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 1,477 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,413 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Paonia collected $2,331 per resident (including city-run utilities), 34% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 12% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 49% below its peers, and 27% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 29% above 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)

$2,331
12% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,076
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 66% 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)

$1,355
26% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,839
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 35% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$514
49% below peers
Peer median
$1,010
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 39% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,439
29% above peers
Peer median
$1,117
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 61% 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 · $2,331
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $2,331 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $3.3M ÷ population 1,413 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A59 Natural resources charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Paonia runs city-owned utilities, which add 51.4% 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 1,413 residents, small changes in Paonia's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Paonia's FY2016 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, FY2016. Bars show Paonia; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $248 per resident, 50% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 3.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,331
per resident12% above peers
Money in: Paonia revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,1993.1×peers $391
$45169% abovepeers $266
$33255% belowpeers $736
$10348% abovepeers $70
$9079% belowpeers $418
$7961% belowpeers $205
$7864% abovepeers $48
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,355
per resident26% below peers
Money out: Paonia spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$547in line withpeers $566
$26941% belowpeers $453
$24850% belowpeers $498
$16518% belowpeers $201
$723.0×peers $24
$5441% belowpeers $91
None reported · peers $13$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Paonia 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

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Paonia compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
PaoniaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 51.4% 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.$2,331$1,355$514$332$1,439
ParachuteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.3% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.$2,763$2,401$1,290$912$408
Mountain VillageUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 8.0× the Colorado median.$20,043$16,018$10,090$4,448$8,882
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
KremmlingUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.7% 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.$1,390$1,277$729$560$1,117
Peer median$2,076$1,839$1,010$736$1,117

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 $2,331 to FY2021 $2,448.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,076Peer median FY2021: $3,432Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,331FY2021: $2,448

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$2,331$2,076$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,448$3,432$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,355 to FY2021 $1,774.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,839Peer median FY2021: $2,481Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,355FY2021: $1,774

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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,355$1,839$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,774$2,481$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $514 to FY2021 $901.$0$1K$2.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,010Peer median FY2021: $2,053Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $514FY2021: $901

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$514$1,010$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$901$2,053$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,439 to FY2021 $2,642.$0$1.3K$2.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,117Peer median FY2021: $388Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,439FY2021: $2,642

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,439$1,117$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$2,642$388$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Paonia’s finances

How much revenue does Paonia collect per resident?
Paonia collected $2,331 per resident in FY2016, 34% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Paonia's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Paonia spent $1,355 per resident in FY2016, 26% below the median of its peers: Parachute, Mountain Village, Olathe and Kremmling. See the figure
How much debt does Paonia have per resident?
Paonia carried $1,439 of debt per resident in FY2016, 29% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Paonia compared with?
Paonia is compared with Parachute, Mountain Village, Olathe and Kremmling: 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: Paonia, 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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