Silver Cliff · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Silver Cliff, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Custer County · Southern Colorado · statutory town · Pop. 713 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 656 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Silver Cliff: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Silver Cliff collected $1,037 per resident, 58% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 41% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 31% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 41% 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)

$1,037

41% below peers

Peer median: $1,748
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 8% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +17.2%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$998

14% below peers

Peer median: $1,162
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 8% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +14.7%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$744

31% below CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 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 28% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +18.1%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$213

41% below peers

Peer median: $360
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 9% of the 199 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 · $1,037

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,037 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $680K ÷ population 656 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U50 Private donations
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

With about 656 residents, small changes in Silver 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 Silver Cliff; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $684 per resident, 2.3× the peer median. On the revenue side, Silver Cliff reports no utility & transit charges; peers collect $386 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$1,037

per resident41% below peers

Money in: Silver Cliff revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$541	$686	21% below peerspeers $686	52%

General sales tax $541 · peers $686 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
Peer median unavailable	$154	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	15%

Licenses & permits $123 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $30 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 T29 Licenses & permits
	$125	$44	2.8× peerspeers $44	12%

General government (other) charges $123 · peers $0 Parks & recreation charges $2 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A61 Parks & recreation charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$116	$121	in line with peerspeers $121	11%

State aid $116 · peers $66 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid
	$52	$81	36% below peerspeers $81	5%

Private donations $52 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U50 Private donations
Peer median unavailable	$49	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	5%

Property tax $49 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
None reported · peers $386	$0	$386	None reported	0%

Silver Cliff reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$998

per resident14% below peers

Money out: Silver Cliff spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$684	$301	2.3× peerspeers $301	69%

General government (other) $684 · peers $301 incl. $59 construction incl. $59 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$102	$12	8.3× peerspeers $12	10%

Parks & recreation $102 · peers $12 incl. $64 construction incl. $64 construction Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation F61 Parks & recreation
	$15	$248	94% below peerspeers $248	2%

Natural resources $15 · peers $0 incl. $15 construction incl. $15 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items F59 Natural resources
	$9	$11	16% below peerspeers $11	1%

Interest on debt $9 · peers $11 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $186	$0	$186	None reported	0%

Silver Cliff reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.
	Withheld Silver Cliff · Public safety · FY2021 Reason: Police spending per resident is 913% of this city's typical level in other years We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$0	Withheldpeers $0	Withheld

Police Withheld Silver Cliff · Police · FY2021 Reason: Police spending per resident is 913% of this city's typical level in other years We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report. · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Silver 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

Open in Compare

Silver Cliff compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Silver Cliff	$1,037	$998	$744	$541	$213
WilliamsburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 51.0% 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.	$723	$523	Withheld Williamsburg · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 11% 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.	Withheld Williamsburg · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 3% 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.	$876
La VetaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.7% 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.	$1,913	Withheld La Veta · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 5.9x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$858	$699	Not reported for this year
CalhanUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.1% 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.	$1,748	$1,398	$840	$686	$117
RockvaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 73.8% 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.	$1,222	$926	Withheld Rockvale · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 16% 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	$360
Westcliffe	$2,311	$2,166	Withheld Westcliffe · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 11.1x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Westcliffe · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 68.2x 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
Peer median	$1,748	$1,162	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	$360

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

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$470	$571	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018	$503	$2,592	$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$520	$2,292	$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$796	$8,263	$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$1,037	$1,748	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022	$1,161	$2,152	$3,031 (72 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 FY2018, 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$504	$373	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018	$414	$1,925	$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$513	$1,898	$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$893	$6,392	$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$998	$1,162	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022	$717	$1,603	$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$323	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018	$346	Benchmark unavailable	$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$356	Benchmark unavailable	$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$434	$5,915	$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$744	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022	$743	$1,291	$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)

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	—	—	—
FY2018	—	—	—
FY2019	$22	Benchmark unavailable	$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$227	Benchmark unavailable	$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$213	$360	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022	$123	Benchmark unavailable	$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Silver Cliff’s finances

How much revenue does Silver Cliff collect per resident?: Silver Cliff collected $1,037 per resident in FY2021, 58% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Silver Cliff's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Silver Cliff spent $998 per resident in FY2021, 14% below the median of its peers: Williamsburg, La Veta, Calhan, Rockvale and Westcliffe. See the figure
How much debt does Silver Cliff have per resident?: Silver Cliff carried $213 of debt per resident in FY2021, 41% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Silver Cliff compared with?: Silver Cliff is compared with Williamsburg, La Veta, Calhan, Rockvale and Westcliffe: 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): +0.4%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $29.6K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 12.3%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $150K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 26.6%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Southern Colorado

Williamsburg$723 · FY2021
La Veta$1,913 · FY2021
Rockvale$1,222 · FY2021
Westcliffe$2,311 · FY2021
Coal Creek$735 · FY2016
Boone
Brookside$702 · FY2016
Rye$769 · FY2016

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

Dataset: Silver 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.

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Silver Cliff · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 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

Silver Cliff and its peers

Trends

Questions about Silver Cliff’s finances

Community context

Explore further

Also in Southern Colorado

Sources

General government is Silver Cliff’s largest difference from its peers (2.3× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.