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Rocky Ford · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Otero County · Eastern Plains · statutory city · Pop. 3,752 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 3,827 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Rocky Ford: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Debt per resident runs 2.1× peers.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 814% of this city's typical level in other years
  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 2062% of this city's typical level in other years

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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,888
2.1× peers
Peer median
$1,351
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 82% 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 ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 814% of this city's typical level in other years It stays withheld until it is verified against Rocky Ford’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A60 Parking charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • B94 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D50 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T51 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 3,827 residents, small changes in Rocky Ford's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 2.1× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Rocky Ford 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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Rocky Ford compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Rocky Ford$2,888
BurlingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.6% 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.$2,797$2,386$533$333$1,926
YumaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 26.1% 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.$3,818$4,437$679$469$323
La JuntaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 60.1% 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.$3,380$2,898$605$539$2,619
WrayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.5% 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.$2,964$2,815$749$532$250
BrushUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.5% 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.$1,652$1,940$564$299$1,351
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$1,351

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
FY2018 $957 to FY2022 $1,387. 1 year withheld.$0$2.1K$4.3K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $2,195Peer median FY2019: $3,074Peer median FY2020: $3,701Peer median FY2021: $3,090Peer median FY2022: $4,264Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $957FY2019: $1,483FY2020: $1,287FY2021: $1,354FY2022: $1,387FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 814% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 814% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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
FY2016Withheld (Revenue per resident is 814% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$957$2,195$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,483$3,074$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,287$3,701$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,354$3,090$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$1,387$4,264$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2018 $928 to FY2022 $1,133. 2 years withheld.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $2,128Peer median FY2020: $3,450Peer median FY2021: $2,781Peer median FY2022: $3,296Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $928FY2020: $1,259FY2021: $1,928FY2022: $1,133. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 728% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2019: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 367% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Census definition change: Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 728% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2019 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 367% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. 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
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 728% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$928$2,128$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 367% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,259$3,450$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,928$2,781$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,133$3,296$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2018 $307 to FY2022 $395. 2 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2018: $712Peer median FY2020: $742Peer median FY2021: $844Peer median FY2022: $862Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $307FY2020: $395FY2021: $515FY2022: $395FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 2062% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2019: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 25% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 2062% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2019 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 25% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2021, FY2022. 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
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 2062% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$307$712$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 25% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$395$742$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$515$844$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$395$862$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,888 to FY2022 $1,349.$0$1.8K$3.5K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,351Peer median FY2019: $1,649Peer median FY2020: $1,397Peer median FY2021: $1,408Peer median FY2022: $1,070Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,888FY2019: $1,567FY2020: $1,504FY2021: $3,549FY2022: $1,349

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2019, FY2021, FY2022. 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$2,888$1,351$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018———
FY2019$1,567$1,649$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,504$1,397$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,549$1,408$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$1,349$1,070$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Rocky Ford’s finances

How much debt does Rocky Ford have per resident?
Rocky Ford carried $2,888 of debt per resident in FY2016, 2.1× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Rocky Ford compared with?
Rocky Ford is compared with Burlington, Yuma, La Junta, Wray and Brush: 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)
−0.7%/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: Rocky Ford, 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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