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Ramah · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

El Paso County · Pikes Peak · statutory town · Pop. 105 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 109 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2016). 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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FY2021 in brief

Ramah collected $908 per resident (including city-run utilities), 63% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 17% above its peers, but 90% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 59% below peers.

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)

$908
63% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 6% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−1.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,963
10% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,789
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 44% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$110
17% above peers
Peer median
$94
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 4% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+0.1%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$679
59% below peers
Peer median
$1,654
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 29% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+30.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $908
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $908 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $99K ÷ population 109 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Ramah runs city-owned utilities, which add 28.3% 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 109 residents, small changes in Ramah's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Ramah; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,514 per resident, 69% above the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$908
per resident
Money in: Ramah revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$257No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$248No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$220No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$101No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$73No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$9No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,963
per resident10% above peers
Money out: Ramah spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,51469% abovepeers $894
$36722% belowpeers $468
$3744% belowpeers $65
$284.2×peers $6
$18No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare
Ramah compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
RamahUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.3% 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.$908$1,963$110Not reported for this year$679
CokedaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.7% 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.$1,079$1,606$94$16$1,654
GroverUtilities: 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.$1,325$1,351$65Not reported for this year$1,565
Peer medianBenchmark unavailable$1,789$94Not reported for this year$1,654

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 $908 per resident in FY2021, 63% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Ramah's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Ramah spent $1,963 per resident in FY2021, 10% above the median of its peers: Cokedale and Grover. See the figure
How much debt does Ramah have per resident?
Ramah carried $679 of debt per resident in FY2021, 59% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Ramah compared with?
Ramah is compared with Cokedale and Grover: 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)
−3.2%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$52.6K
2020 estimate · nearest year to FY2021
Poverty rate
1.8%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$121.9K
2020 estimate · nearest year to FY2021
Housing vacancy rate
8.3%
2021 estimate

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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

Utilities & environment is Ramah’s largest difference from its peers (69% above the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.

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