Rye · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Rye, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Pueblo County · Southern Colorado · statutory town · Pop. 201 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 247 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

City website (opens in a new tab)

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2016 in brief

Rye collected $769 per resident (including city-run utilities), 56% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 7% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 44% below its peers, and 86% 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

Revenue per resident (definition)

$769

7% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $718
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 11% 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)

$611

8% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $664
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 10% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$101

44% below peers

Peer median: $181
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 5% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $769

Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

1Metric
$769 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $190K ÷ population 247 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- C89 State aid
- C91 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Rye runs city-owned utilities, which add 54.7% 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 247 residents, small changes in Rye's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Part of Rye's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $372 per resident, 68% above the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 68% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$769

per resident7% above peers

Money in: Rye revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$421	$339	24% above peerspeers $339	55%

Water utility charges $421 · peers $339 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$174	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	23%

Sewer charges $166 · peers $0 General government (other) charges $8 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$73	$226	68% below peerspeers $226	9%

State aid $73 · peers $198 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items C46 State aid C89 State aid C91 State aid
	$65	$69	6% below peerspeers $69	8%

Property tax $65 · peers $69 Property tax levied by the municipality. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$36	$53	31% below peerspeers $53	5%

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $36 · peers $18 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
None reported · peers $27	$0	$27	None reported	0%

Rye reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$611

per resident8% below peers

Money out: Rye spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$372	$222	68% above peerspeers $222	61%

Water utility $227 · peers $222 Sewer $146 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
	$162	$181	11% below peerspeers $181	26%

Financial administration $77 · peers $24 Central staff services $65 · peers $40 General government (other) $16 · peers $100 Judicial & legal $4 · peers $0 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E89 General government (other)
	$73	$12	6.3× peerspeers $12	12%

Interest on debt $73 · peers $12 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
	$4	$16	75% below peerspeers $16	1%

Streets & highways $4 · peers $16 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
None reported · peers $8	$0	$8	None reported	0%

Rye reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Rye 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

Open in Compare

Rye compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
RyeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 54.7% 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.	$769	$611	$101	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
BrooksideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.3% 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.	$702	$403	$125	Not reported for this year	$480
Coal CreekUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 55.8% 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.	$735	$788	$227	$106	Not reported for this year
JamestownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.1% 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.	$718	$664	$181	Not reported for this year	$189
Peer median	$718	$664	$181	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Revenue per resident is 30% of the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$769	$718	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 30% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$611	$664	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$2,242	$1,971	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 20% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$101	$181	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 20% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	—	—	—
FY2021	$1,686	$1,565	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Rye’s finances

How much revenue does Rye collect per resident?: Rye collected $769 per resident in FY2016, 56% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Rye's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Rye spent $611 per resident in FY2016, 8% below the median of its peers: Brookside, Coal Creek and Jamestown. See the figure
Which cities is Rye compared with?: Rye is compared with Brookside, Coal Creek and Jamestown: 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): +9.6%/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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Also in Southern Colorado

Brookside$702 · FY2016
Cokedale$1,079 · FY2021
Boone
Starkville$923 · FY2016
Kim$1,286 · FY2021
Branson$589 · FY2021
Coal Creek$735 · FY2016
Westcliffe$2,311 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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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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Rye · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Rye and its peers

Trends

Questions about Rye’s finances

Community context

Explore further

Also in Southern Colorado

Sources

Utilities & environment is Rye’s largest difference from its peers (68% above the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.