Silverton · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Silverton, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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San Juan County · Southwest · statutory town · Pop. 721 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 655 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Silverton: 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

FY2021 in brief

Silverton collected $5,664 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.3× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 9% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 3.0× the state median. Debt per resident runs 54% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.5× the Colorado 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)

$5,664

9% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $5,213
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 87% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +9.9%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$5,299

28% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $4,140
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 88% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +9.9%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$3,165

3.0× 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 90% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +9.9%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,855

54% below peers

Peer median: $4,005
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 61% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +45.6%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $5,664

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$5,664 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $3.7M ÷ population 655 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U40 Rents
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

Silverton runs city-owned utilities, which add 14.8% 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 655 residents, small changes in Silverton'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 Silverton; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.5× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

The biggest difference from peers is Parks, libraries & community: $1,240 per resident, 4.7× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 39% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$5,664

per resident9% above peers

Money in: Silverton 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
Peer median unavailable	$2,162	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	38%

General sales tax $2,162 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$919	$890	in line with peerspeers $890	16%

Sewer charges $498 · peers $666 Solid waste charges $331 · peers $0 Parks & recreation charges $90 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$838	$779	8% above peerspeers $779	15%

Water utility charges $838 · peers $553 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
Peer median unavailable	$748	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	13%

Property tax $748 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$686	$1,121	39% below peerspeers $1,121	12%

State aid $595 · peers $1,121 Local government aid $90 · peers $0 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
Peer median unavailable	$255	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	5%

Licenses & permits $183 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $72 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits
	$56	$104	46% below peerspeers $104	1%

Rents $44 · peers $0 Fines & forfeits $12 · peers $3 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U30 Fines & forfeits U40 Rents

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$5,299

per resident28% above peers

Money out: Silverton 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
	$1,809	$1,027	76% above peerspeers $1,027	34%

Water utility $779 · peers $462 Sewer $583 · peers $372 Solid waste $447 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$1,240	$266	4.7× peerspeers $266	23%

Parks & recreation $1,240 · peers $252 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$1,128	$957	18% above peerspeers $957	21%

Central staff services $394 · peers $181 General government (other) $327 · peers $323 Financial administration $215 · peers $143 General public buildings $179 · peers $0 Judicial & legal $14 · peers $11 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other) M89 General government (other)
	$699	$1,160	40% below peerspeers $1,160	13%

Police $452 · peers $1,153 Protective inspection & regulation $154 · peers $0 Fire protection $93 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E24 Fire protection E62 Police E66 Protective inspection & regulation
	$374	$607	38% below peerspeers $607	7%

Streets & highways $374 · peers $433 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$40	$68	42% below peerspeers $68	1%

Interest on debt $40 · peers $68 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
	$6	$6	in line with peerspeers $6	<1%

Welfare institutions $6 · peers $0 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E77 Welfare institutions
	$3	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	<1%

Commercial activities (other) $3 · peers $0 Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above. Census line items E03 Commercial activities (other)

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Silverton 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

Silverton compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
SilvertonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.8% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.5× the Colorado median.	$5,664	$5,299	$3,165	$2,162	$1,855
IgnacioUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.6× the Colorado median.	$5,129	$4,332	$2,333	$2,261	Not reported for this year
FairplayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.0× the Colorado median.	$5,213	$3,948	Withheld Fairplay · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 3.6x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$2,591	$4,005
Central CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.5× the Colorado median.	$11,511	$9,407	Withheld Central City · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 7.0x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$1,317	$101,531
Peer median	$5,213	$4,140	Benchmark unavailable	$2,261	$4,005

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

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,535	Benchmark unavailable	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$5,664	$5,213	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,307	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$5,299	$4,140	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,971	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$3,165	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt 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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$283	$1,207	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,855	$4,005	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Silverton’s finances

How much revenue does Silverton collect per resident?: Silverton collected $5,664 per resident in FY2021, 2.3× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Silverton's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Silverton spent $5,299 per resident in FY2021, 28% above the median of its peers: Ignacio, Fairplay and Central City. See the figure
How much debt does Silverton have per resident?: Silverton carried $1,855 of debt per resident in FY2021, 54% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Silverton compared with?: Silverton is compared with Ignacio, Fairplay and Central City: 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): +0.8%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $64.2K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 15.5%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $293.8K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 39.8%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Southwest

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Ignacio$4,995 · FY2022
Dolores$2,484 · FY2023
Rico$1,918 · FY2021
Mancos$2,703 · FY2021
Pagosa Springs$3,435 · FY2016
Bayfield$1,800 · FY2021
Cortez$3,373 · FY2023

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: Silverton, 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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Silverton · 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

Silverton and its peers

Trends

Questions about Silverton’s finances

Community context

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Also in Southwest

Sources

Parks, libraries & community is Silverton’s largest difference from its peers (4.7× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.