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Seibert · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Kit Carson County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 178 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 218 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Seibert collected $5,087 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.9× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Debt per resident runs 60% below peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 4.6x the peer median

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)

$5,087
2.9× CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 93% 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)

$4,706
2.7× CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 91% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

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)

$601
60% below peers
Peer median
$1,486
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 33% 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 · $5,087
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $5,087 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.1M ÷ population 218 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C80 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Seibert runs city-owned utilities, which add 5.7% 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 218 residents, small changes in Seibert's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Part of Seibert's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled
  • Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Money in

Revenue

$5,087
per resident
Money in: Seibert revenue 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$4,050No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$289No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$188No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$60No peer comparison
Withheld
Withheld
Withheld
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$4,706
per resident
Money out: Seibert 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$4,078No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$417No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$142No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$50No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$18No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Seibert 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
Seibert compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
SeibertUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.7% 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.$5,087$4,706$321$601
Kit CarsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 27.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.6× the Colorado median.$3,988$3,938$1,433$1,604
CrowleyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 1.9% 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.$1,899$77Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$1,486

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 $5,087 to FY2021 $2,087.$0$2.5K$5.1K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,175Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $5,087FY2021: $2,087

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$5,087Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,087$1,175$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $4,706 to FY2021 $1,808.$0$2.4K$4.7K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,400Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $4,706FY2021: $1,808

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$4,706Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,808$1,400$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
2 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 4.6x the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 4.6x the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 4.6x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $601 to FY2021 $372.$0$742.9$1.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,486Peer median FY2021: $1,118Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $601FY2021: $372

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$601$1,486$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$372$1,118$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Seibert’s finances

How much revenue does Seibert collect per resident?
Seibert collected $5,087 per resident in FY2016, 2.9× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Seibert's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Seibert spent $4,706 per resident in FY2016, 2.7× the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Seibert have per resident?
Seibert carried $601 of debt per resident in FY2016, 60% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Seibert compared with?
Seibert is compared with Kit Carson and Crowley: 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)
+3.6%/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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Sources

Dataset: Seibert, 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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