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Red Cliff · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Eagle County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 238 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 254 · Census finance data FY2016, 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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FY2021 in brief

Red Cliff collected $2,972 per resident (including city-run utilities), 20% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 8% below its peers, but 11% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 63% below the state median.

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)

$2,972
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,929
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 64% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.6%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,303
33% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,484
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 73% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+27.7%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,189
8% below peers
Peer median
$1,291
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 55% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+15.4%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$516
63% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 22% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−27.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,972
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,972 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $755K ÷ population 254 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Red Cliff runs city-owned utilities, which add 42.6% 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 254 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, FY2021. Bars show Red Cliff; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Public safety: none reported, against a peer median of $462 per resident. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 2.8× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,972
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Red Cliff revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,2682.8×peers $459
$6972.2×peers $311
$5163.2×peers $160
$39860% belowpeers $991
$9448% abovepeers $64
None reported · peers $669$0None reported
None reported · peers $36$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,303
per resident33% above peers
Money out: Red Cliff spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,99228% abovepeers $1,558
$1,14218% abovepeers $967
$1342.0×peers $67
$35No peer comparisonpeers $0
None reported · peers $462$0None reported
None reported · peers $29$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Red Cliff compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Red CliffUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.6% 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.$2,972$3,303$1,189$398$516
EmpireUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.2% 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.$3,292$2,484$1,245$1,062Not reported for this year
AlmaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.7× the Colorado median.$2,983$2,445$1,809$1,431$294
Silver PlumeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.5% 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.$2,874$3,930$1,337$920Not reported for this year
RicoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.2% 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.$1,918$1,402$1,160$752Not reported for this year
Peer median$2,929$2,484$1,291$1,062Benchmark unavailable

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 $2,972 per resident in FY2021, 20% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Red Cliff's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Red Cliff spent $3,303 per resident in FY2021, 33% above the median of its peers: Empire, Alma, Silver Plume and Rico. See the figure
How much debt does Red Cliff have per resident?
Red Cliff carried $516 of debt per resident in FY2021, 63% below the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Red Cliff compared with?
Red Cliff is compared with Empire, Alma, Silver Plume and Rico: 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)
−2.5%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$57K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
4.3%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$556.3K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
20.8%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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