Silt · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Silt, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Garfield County · Western Slope · home rule municipality · Pop. 3,743 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 3,039 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Silt: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Silt collected $1,095 per resident (including city-run utilities), 37% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 13% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 22% below its peers, and 42% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 84% below peers.

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)

$1,095

13% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,262
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 29% 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)

$1,313

14% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,526
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 33% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$408

22% below peers

Peer median: $522
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 31% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$180

84% below peers

Peer median: $1,139
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 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.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 16% 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 · $1,095

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,095 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $3.3M ÷ population 3,039 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C30 State aid
- D46 Local government aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U41 Royalties
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

Silt runs city-owned utilities, which add 45.7% 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 3,039 residents, small changes in Silt'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 Silt; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Public safety: $207 per resident, 53% below the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 79% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,095

per resident13% below peers

Money in: Silt 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
	$500	$302	66% above peerspeers $302	46%

Water utility charges $500 · peers $302 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$305	$385	21% below peerspeers $385	28%

General sales tax $305 · peers $385 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$89	$131	32% below peerspeers $131	8%

Solid waste charges $89 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A81 Solid waste charges
	$87	$413	79% below peerspeers $413	8%

Local government aid $87 · peers $75 State aid $1 · peers $64 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C30 State aid D46 Local government aid D89 Local government aid
	$66	$105	37% below peerspeers $105	6%

Property tax $66 · peers $105 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$36	$20	80% above peerspeers $20	3%

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $28 · peers $14 Licenses & permits $8 · peers $14 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits T24 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits
	$10	$70	85% below peerspeers $70	1%

Fines & forfeits $7 · peers $4 Interest earnings $3 · peers $16 Royalties $0 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U41 Royalties

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,313

per resident14% below peers

Money out: Silt 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
	$474	$598	21% below peerspeers $598	36%

Water utility $206 · peers $372 Sewer $190 · peers $0 Solid waste $78 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$277	$197	41% above peerspeers $197	21%

Financial administration $244 · peers $64 Central staff services $22 · peers $97 Judicial & legal $11 · peers $4 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services
	$271	$263	in line with peerspeers $263	21%

Streets & highways $271 · peers $263 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$207	$436	53% below peerspeers $436	16%

Police $207 · peers $411 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$77	$92	16% below peerspeers $92	6%

Parks & recreation $77 · peers $38 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$7	$10	26% below peerspeers $10	1%

Interest on debt $7 · peers $10 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I91 Interest on debt

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Silt 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

Silt compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
SiltUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.7% 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.	$1,095	$1,313	$408	$305	$180
Orchard CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.0% 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.	$942	$888	Withheld Orchard City · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 4% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Snowmass VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 7.5× the Colorado median.	$11,120	$9,763	Withheld Snowmass Village · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 6.6x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$4,175	$3,312
MeekerUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.8% 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.	$1,262	$1,526	$522	$422	Not reported for this year
FriscoUtilities: 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.6× the Colorado median.	$6,224	$5,341	$2,451	$1,422	$1,139
PalisadeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.5% 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.	$1,156	$874	$492	$348	$171
Peer median	$1,262	$1,526	$522	$922	$1,139

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,095	$1,262	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,303	$1,800	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023	$1,780	$10,679	$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)

Expenditures per resident

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.

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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	$1,313	$1,526	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,562	$1,953	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023	$2,738	$14,842	$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2023 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 12% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$408	$522	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$494	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 12% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$180	$1,139	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$591	$731	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023	$472	$4,275	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Silt’s finances

How much revenue does Silt collect per resident?: Silt collected $1,095 per resident in FY2016, 37% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Silt's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Silt spent $1,313 per resident in FY2016, 14% below the median of its peers: Orchard City, Snowmass Village, Meeker, Frisco and Palisade. See the figure
How much debt does Silt have per resident?: Silt carried $180 of debt per resident in FY2016, 84% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Silt compared with?: Silt is compared with Orchard City, Snowmass Village, Meeker, Frisco and Palisade: 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): +0.9%/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 Western Slope

Orchard City$1,453 · FY2021
Palisade$3,787 · FY2021
New Castle$2,014 · FY2023
Cedaredge$2,015 · FY2021
Meeker$1,182 · FY2021
Rangely$2,278 · FY2021
Olathe$1,276 · FY2021
Paonia$2,448 · 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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Silt · 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

Silt and its peers

Trends

Questions about Silt’s finances

Community context

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Also in Western Slope

Sources

Public safety is Silt’s largest difference from its peers (53% below the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.