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Pritchett · FY2022 municipal finance benchmarks

Baca County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 106 (2025 estimate); FY2022 per-resident figures use 110 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, 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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FY2022 in brief

Pritchett collected $1,164 per resident (including city-run utilities), 62% below the median of the 72 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 90% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 13% below peers.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2022 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,164
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,122
CO median · 72 with a published figure
$3,031
Position
Higher than 4% of the 72 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,009
67% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 71 with a published figure
$3,025
Position
Higher than 3% of the 71 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$164
90% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 71 with a published figure
$1,631
Position
Lowest of the 71 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,618
13% below peers
Peer median
$1,850
CO median · 73 with a published figure
$2,068
Position
Higher than 40% of the 73 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 · $1,164
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,164 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $128K ÷ population 110 (2022 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Pritchett runs city-owned utilities, which add 46.1% 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 110 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, FY2022. Bars show Pritchett; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: $536 per resident, 35% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,164
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Pritchett revenue per resident by category, FY2022, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$53635% belowpeers $827
$3552.5×peers $145
Peer median unavailable$164No peer comparison
$10970% belowpeers $367
None reported · peers $92$0None reported
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 72 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,009
per resident
Money out: Pritchett spending per resident by category, FY2022, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$509No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$345No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$82No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$73No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 71 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, FY2022. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare
Pritchett compared with its peer municipalities, FY2022, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
PritchettUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 46.1% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$1,164$1,009$164Not reported for this year$1,618
CampoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 73.6% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$1,122Not reported for this year$1,041
Olney SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 38.6% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$1,026$1,158Not reported for this year$2,659
HolyokeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.1% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,689$2,675$533$309Not reported for this year
Peer median$1,122Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this year$1,850

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 $1,164 per resident in FY2022, 62% below the median of the 72 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Pritchett's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Pritchett spent $1,009 per resident in FY2022, 67% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Pritchett have per resident?
Pritchett carried $1,618 of debt per resident in FY2022, 13% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Pritchett compared with?
Pritchett is compared with Campo, Olney Springs and Holyoke: 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)
−3.4%/yr
2022 estimate
Median household income
$63.8K
2022 estimate
Poverty rate
22.1%
2022 estimate
Median home value
$18K
2021 estimate · nearest year to FY2022
Housing vacancy rate
9.4%
2022 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.

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