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Pritchett · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Baca County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 106 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 112 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Pritchett: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Pritchett collected $830 per resident (including city-run utilities), 66% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 25% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 48% above its peers, but 80% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 21% above the state 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)

$830
25% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,109
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 5% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−7.6%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$804
47% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,509
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 6% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+1.5%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$214
48% above peers
Peer median
$145
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 10% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+1.4%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,714
21% above CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 57% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−6.3%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $830
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $830 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $93K ÷ population 112 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Pritchett runs city-owned utilities, which add 44.1% 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 112 residents, small changes in Pritchett'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 Pritchett; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $375 per resident, 51% below the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 75% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$830
per resident25% below peers
Money in: Pritchett revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$36611% belowpeers $410
$16111% abovepeers $145
$10775% belowpeers $427
$8927% belowpeers $122
$5424% belowpeers $71
$54No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$804
per resident47% below peers
Money out: Pritchett spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$37551% belowpeers $763
$3137% belowpeers $337
$7151% abovepeers $47
$4551% abovepeers $30
None reported · peers $10$0None reported
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Pritchett 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

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Pritchett compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
PritchettUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 44.1% 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.$830$804$214Not reported for this year$1,714
CampoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.0% 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.$2,228$2,158$69Not reported for this year$1,119
CrookUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 33.3% 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.$893$145Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
GenoaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 37.0% 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.$1,109$1,244$244Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Peer median$1,109$1,509$145Not reported for this yearBenchmark unavailable

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
FY2016 $1,231 to FY2022 $1,164. 1 year withheld.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,092Peer median FY2020: $823Peer median FY2021: $1,109Peer median FY2022: $1,122Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,231FY2019: $654FY2020: $723FY2021: $830FY2022: $1,164FY2018: withheld — Revenue per resident is 14% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2018 withheld: Revenue per resident is 14% of the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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$1,231$1,092$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Revenue per resident is 14% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$654Benchmark unavailable$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$723$823$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$830$1,109$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$1,164$1,122$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $746 to FY2022 $1,009.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,519Peer median FY2018: $728Peer median FY2020: $715Peer median FY2021: $1,509Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $746FY2018: $652FY2019: $639FY2020: $384FY2021: $804FY2022: $1,009. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Census definition change: Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. 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$746$1,519$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$652$728$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$639Benchmark unavailable$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$384$715$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$804$1,509$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,009Benchmark unavailable$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $200 to FY2022 $164. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2021: $145Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $200FY2019: $158FY2020: $196FY2021: $214FY2022: $164FY2018: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2018 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$200Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$158Benchmark unavailable$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$196Benchmark unavailable$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$214$145$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$164Benchmark unavailable$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,377 to FY2022 $1,618.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $623Peer median FY2018: $3,404Peer median FY2019: $2,607Peer median FY2020: $703Peer median FY2022: $1,850Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,377FY2018: $1,553FY2019: $1,647FY2020: $1,830FY2021: $1,714FY2022: $1,618

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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$2,377$623$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$1,553$3,404$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,647$2,607$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,830$703$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,714Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$1,618$1,850$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Pritchett’s finances

How much revenue does Pritchett collect per resident?
Pritchett collected $830 per resident in FY2021, 66% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Pritchett's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Pritchett spent $804 per resident in FY2021, 47% below the median of its peers: Campo, Crook and Genoa. See the figure
How much debt does Pritchett have per resident?
Pritchett carried $1,714 of debt per resident in FY2021, 21% above the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Pritchett compared with?
Pritchett is compared with Campo, Crook and Genoa: 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)
−2.9%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$33.8K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
34.6%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$18K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
15.6%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Pritchett, 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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