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Rangely · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Rio Blanco County · Western Slope · statutory town · Pop. 2,304 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 2,255 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2017, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Rangely collected $2,278 per resident (including city-run utilities), 8% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 13% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 17% below its peers, and 51% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 69% 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)

$2,278
13% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,015
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 42% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−7.8%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,681
37% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,959
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 64% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+0.2%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$528
17% below peers
Peer median
$636
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 19% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−0.3%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$438
69% below peers
Peer median
$1,407
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 19% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−11.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,278
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,278 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $5.1M ÷ population 2,255 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A93 Gas utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Rangely runs city-owned utilities, which add 28.6% 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 2,255 residents, small changes in Rangely'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 Rangely; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,225 per resident, 2.3× the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 84% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,278
per resident13% above peers
Money in: Rangely revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$65354% abovepeers $423
$51884% abovepeers $281
$49875% abovepeers $284
$36815% belowpeers $431
$8832% belowpeers $129
$822.4×peers $35
$7212% belowpeers $82
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,681
per resident37% above peers
Money out: Rangely spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,2252.3×peers $529
$58838% abovepeers $427
$54598% abovepeers $276
$17835% abovepeers $131
$8762% belowpeers $232
$39No peer comparisonpeers $0
$1946% belowpeers $36
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Rangely 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
Rangely compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
RangelyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.6% 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.$2,278$2,681$528$368$438
MeekerUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.4% 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.$1,182$1,136$739$500Not reported for this year
PalisadeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.2% 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.$3,787$2,513$1,474
OlatheUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.7% 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.$1,276$1,123$464$363$601
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.9% 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 3.8× the Colorado median.$6,088$5,449$3,967$3,247$2,969
CedaredgeUtilities: 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.$2,015$1,959$534$351$1,341
Peer median$2,015$1,959$636$431$1,407

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
FY2016 $3,414 to FY2021 $2,278.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’17’21Peer median FY2016: $2,213Peer median FY2017: $2,974Peer median FY2021: $2,015Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,414FY2017: $2,704FY2021: $2,278

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2021. 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$3,414$2,213$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2017$2,704$2,974$2,694 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,278$2,015$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,653 to FY2021 $2,681.$0$1.4K$2.8K’16’17’21Peer median FY2016: $1,526Peer median FY2017: $2,800Peer median FY2021: $1,959Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,653FY2017: $2,769FY2021: $2,681

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2021. 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$2,653$1,526$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2017$2,769$2,800$2,663 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,681$1,959$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $537 to FY2021 $528.$0$767$1.5K’16’17’21Peer median FY2016: $832Peer median FY2017: $1,534Peer median FY2021: $636Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $537FY2017: $570FY2021: $528

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, 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$537$832$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017$570$1,534$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$528$636$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $795 to FY2021 $438.$0$1.2K$2.4K’16’17’21Peer median FY2016: $659Peer median FY2017: $2,428Peer median FY2021: $1,407Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $795FY2017: $751FY2021: $438

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, 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$795$659$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2017$751$2,428$1,482 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$438$1,407$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Rangely’s finances

How much revenue does Rangely collect per resident?
Rangely collected $2,278 per resident in FY2021, 8% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Rangely's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Rangely spent $2,681 per resident in FY2021, 37% above the median of its peers: Meeker, Palisade, Olathe, Granby and Cedaredge. See the figure
How much debt does Rangely have per resident?
Rangely carried $438 of debt per resident in FY2021, 69% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Rangely compared with?
Rangely is compared with Meeker, Palisade, Olathe, Granby and Cedaredge: 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)
−0.8%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$61K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
11.7%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$169.4K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
23.8%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Rangely, 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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