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Red Cliff · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Eagle County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 238 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 289 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2021). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Red Cliff: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Red Cliff collected $1,882 per resident (including city-run utilities), 8% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 31% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 18% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 30% above 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)

$1,882
31% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,747
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 54% 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)

$972
44% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 21% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$581
18% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 44% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,644
30% above peers
Peer median
$2,040
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 77% 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 · $1,882
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,882 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $544K ÷ population 289 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C79 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • D91 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U40 Rents

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Red Cliff runs city-owned utilities, which add 53.7% 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 289 residents, small changes in Red Cliff's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Red Cliff; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Fees & charges: none reported, against a peer median of $460 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$1,882
per resident31% below peers
Money in: Red Cliff revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,01047% abovepeers $689
Peer median unavailable$398No peer comparison
$201No peer comparisonpeers $0
$9045% belowpeers $165
$21No peer comparisonpeers $0
None reported · peers $460$0None reported
Withheld
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$972
per resident
Money out: Red Cliff spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$450No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$374No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$69No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$66No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$14No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Red Cliff 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

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Red Cliff compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Red CliffUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.7% 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.$1,882$972$581$2,644
Lake CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.$2,747$1,059$861Not reported for this year
CreedeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.2% 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.$3,786$1,078$751$3,320
Silver PlumeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.$955Not reported for this year$182
Peer median$2,747Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$2,040

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 $1,882 to FY2021 $2,972.$0$1.5K$3K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,747Peer median FY2021: $2,929Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,882FY2021: $2,972

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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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,882$2,747$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,972$2,929$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $972 to FY2021 $3,303.$0$1.7K$3.3K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $2,484Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $972FY2021: $3,303

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$972Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,303$2,484$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $581 to FY2021 $1,189.$0$645.4$1.3K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,291Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $581FY2021: $1,189

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$581Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,189$1,291$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,644 to FY2021 $516.$0$1.3K$2.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,040Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,644FY2021: $516

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,644$2,040$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$516Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Red Cliff’s finances

How much revenue does Red Cliff collect per resident?
Red Cliff collected $1,882 per resident in FY2016, 8% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Red Cliff's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Red Cliff spent $972 per resident in FY2016, 44% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Red Cliff have per resident?
Red Cliff carried $2,644 of debt per resident in FY2016, 30% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Red Cliff compared with?
Red Cliff is compared with Lake City, Creede and Silver Plume: 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)
+1.1%/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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Sources

Dataset: Red Cliff, 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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