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Poncha Springs · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Chaffee County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 1,393 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,029 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Poncha 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

Poncha Springs collected $2,456 per resident (including city-run utilities), in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 67% below its peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 13% of 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)

$2,456
67% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$7,360
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 49% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Includes city-owned utilities
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 · $2,456
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,456 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $2.5M ÷ population 1,029 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U41 Royalties

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Poncha Springs runs city-owned utilities, which add 28.7% 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 1,029 residents, small changes in Poncha 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 Poncha Springs; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Fees & charges: $39 per resident, 93% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$2,456
per resident67% below peers
Money in: Poncha Springs revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$8455% belowpeers $893
$70537% belowpeers $1,113
$3993% belowpeers $597
$1792% belowpeers $215
Withheldpeers $3,317
Withheldpeers $1,192
Withheldpeers $590
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Poncha 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
Poncha Springs compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Poncha SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.7% 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.$2,456Not reported for this year
DillonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.5% 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 10.2× the Colorado median.$19,877$15,016$10,987$8,751$16,567
Winter ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.6% 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 11.7× the Colorado median.$20,394$15,281$10,094$23,577
Mt. Crested ButteRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.9× the Colorado median.$7,360$11,410$6,746$3,317$1,473
MinturnUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 26.0% 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 1.5× the Colorado median.$4,286$3,861$1,944$1,324$152
Oak CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.3% 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.$4,009$3,126$1,856
Peer median$7,360Benchmark 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
FY2021 $2,456. 1 year withheld.$0$3.7K$7.4K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $7,360Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $2,456FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median
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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,456$7,360$2,476 (227 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 11% of the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 11% of the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 11% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)

Questions about Poncha Springs’s finances

How much revenue does Poncha Springs collect per resident?
Poncha Springs collected $2,456 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Poncha Springs compared with?
Poncha Springs is compared with Dillon, Winter Park, Mt. Crested Butte, Minturn and Oak Creek: 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)
+3.5%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$83.2K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
17.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$383K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
6.8%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Poncha 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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