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Ramah · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

El Paso County · Pikes Peak · statutory town · Pop. 105 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 128 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Ramah collected $953 per resident (including city-run utilities), 45% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits in line with its peers, but 84% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 95% below 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)

$953
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$973
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 21% 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)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$109
in line with peers
Peer median
$104
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 8% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$180
95% below peers
Peer median
$3,506
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 16% 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 · $953
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $953 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $122K ÷ population 128 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • T01 Property tax
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Ramah runs city-owned utilities, which add 23.0% 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 128 residents, small changes in Ramah's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Ramah'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 Ramah; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Other revenue: $164 per resident, 3.1× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$953
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Ramah revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$46124% abovepeers $372
$2199% abovepeers $201
$1643.1×peers $53
$1092.2×peers $50
None reported · peers $107$0None reported
None reported · peers $6$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Ramah 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
Ramah compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
RamahUtilities: 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.$953$109Not reported for this year$180
Cokedale$1,345$767Not reported for this year$5,293
GroverUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.6% 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.$975$1,119$63Not reported for this year$1,719
WardUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 36.8% 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.$481$329$146$82Not reported for this year
BransonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.1% 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.$970$104Not reported for this year$179
Peer median$973Benchmark unavailable$104Not reported for this year$3,506

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 $953 to FY2021 $908.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $973Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $953FY2021: $908

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$953$973$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$908Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $1,963. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,789Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,963FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,963$1,789$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $109 to FY2021 $110.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $104Peer median FY2021: $94Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $109FY2021: $110

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$109$104$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$110$94$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $180 to FY2021 $679.$0$1.8K$3.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $3,506Peer median FY2021: $1,654Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $180FY2021: $679

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$180$3,506$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$679$1,654$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Ramah’s finances

How much revenue does Ramah collect per resident?
Ramah collected $953 per resident in FY2016, 45% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Ramah have per resident?
Ramah carried $180 of debt per resident in FY2016, 95% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Ramah compared with?
Ramah is compared with Cokedale, Grover, Ward and Branson: 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)
+0.5%/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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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Ramah, 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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