Peetz · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

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Logan County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 202 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 240 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2016 in brief

Peetz collected $646 per resident (including city-run utilities), 63% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 34% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 73% above its peers, but 75% 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)

$646

34% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $977
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 7% 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)

$1,079

12% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $965
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 25% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$179

73% above peers

Peer median: $103
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: Higher than 13% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

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 · $646

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$646 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $155K ÷ population 240 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T27 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
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

Peetz runs city-owned utilities, which add 28.4% 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 240 residents, small changes in Peetz'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 Peetz; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $654 per resident, 3.5× the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 38% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$646

per resident34% below peers

Money in: Peetz 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
	$229	$370	38% below peerspeers $370	35%

Sewer charges $125 · peers $196 Solid waste charges $104 · peers $125 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$183	$238	23% below peerspeers $238	28%

Water utility charges $183 · peers $238 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$121	$89	36% above peerspeers $89	19%

Property tax $121 · peers $89 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$58	$2	30.0× peerspeers $2	9%

Licenses & permits $58 · peers $2 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T24 Licenses & permits T27 Licenses & permits
	$50	$70	29% below peerspeers $70	8%

State aid $50 · peers $35 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid
	$4	$77	95% below peerspeers $77	1%

Interest earnings $4 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,079

per resident12% above peers

Money out: Peetz 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
	$654	$188	3.5× peerspeers $188	61%

Central staff services $583 · peers $21 Financial administration $33 · peers $38 General government (other) $29 · peers $0 General public buildings $8 · peers $0 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other)
	$367	$763	52% below peerspeers $763	34%

Sewer $150 · peers $242 Water utility $125 · peers $279 Solid waste $92 · peers $92 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$50	$70	29% below peerspeers $70	5%

Streets & highways $50 · peers $70 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$8	$19	57% below peerspeers $19	1%

Parks & recreation $8 · peers $19 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $71	$0	$71	None reported	0%

Peetz reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Interest paid on the municipality's debt.
None reported · peers $23	$0	$23	None reported	0%

Peetz reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Peetz 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

Peetz compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
PeetzUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.4% 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.	$646	$1,079	$179	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Sugar CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.0% 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.	$935	Withheld Sugar City · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 20% 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.	$106	Not reported for this year	$175
CherawUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.6% 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.	$386	Withheld Cheraw · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 24% 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.	$53	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
HillroseUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 47.1% 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.	$1,066	$965	$101	Not reported for this year	$2,630
EckleyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.4% 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.	$977	$823	$115	Not reported for this year	$342
Kit CarsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 27.6% 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 2.6× the Colorado median.	$3,988	$3,938	Withheld Kit Carson · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 13.5x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$1,433	$1,604
Peer median	$977	$965	$103	Not reported for this year	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.

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 6.1x the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$646	$977	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 6.1x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures 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.

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,079	$965	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$2,431	$1,319	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 8% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$179	$103	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 8% of 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	—	—	—
FY2021	$995	Benchmark unavailable	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Peetz’s finances

How much revenue does Peetz collect per resident?: Peetz collected $646 per resident in FY2016, 63% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Peetz's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Peetz spent $1,079 per resident in FY2016, 12% above the median of its peers: Sugar City, Cheraw, Hillrose, Eckley and Kit Carson. See the figure
Which cities is Peetz compared with?: Peetz is compared with Sugar City, Cheraw, Hillrose, Eckley and Kit Carson: 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): 0.0%/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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Also in Eastern Plains

Arriba$1,182 · FY2021
Bethune$1,168 · FY2021
Cheraw$1,687 · FY2021
Seibert$2,087 · FY2021
Eckley$2,745 · FY2023
Sugar City$935 · FY2016
Sedgwick$3,218 · FY2016
Iliff$941 · 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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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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Peetz · 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

Peetz and its peers

Trends

Questions about Peetz’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

General government is Peetz’s largest difference from its peers (3.5× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.