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Simla · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Elbert County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 587 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 672 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Simla collected $638 per resident (including city-run utilities), 63% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 45% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 90% below peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 33% of 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)

$638
45% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,158
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 6% 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)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

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)

$176
90% below peers
Peer median
$1,817
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 12% 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 · $638
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $638 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $429K ÷ population 672 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • U30 Fines & forfeits

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Simla runs city-owned utilities, which add 29.1% 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 672 residents, small changes in Simla'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 Simla; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: $186 per resident, 52% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$638
per resident45% below peers
Money in: Simla revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$24323% belowpeers $315
$18652% belowpeers $388
$553.3×peers $17
$3735% belowpeers $57
Withheldpeers $204
Withheldpeers $189
Withheldpeers $50
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Simla’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Simla 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
Simla compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
SimlaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 29.1% 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.$638$63$176
StrattonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.3% 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.$1,158$863$435$194Not reported for this year
SwinkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 38.4% 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.$1,010$956$242Not reported for this year$879
HugoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.4% 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.$1,619$1,867$789$487$534
KiowaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 73.6% 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.$1,178$1,321$212$6,418
EadsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 40.5% 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.$1,155$428$353$213$2,754
Peer median$1,158Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$213$1,817

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
FY2016 $638 to FY2021 $538.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,158Peer median FY2021: $1,566Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $638FY2021: $538

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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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$638$1,158$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$538$1,566$2,476 (227 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 33% of the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 23% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 33% of the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 23% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 33% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 23% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $176.$0$908.4$1.8K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,817Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $176

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$176$1,817$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Simla’s finances

How much revenue does Simla collect per resident?
Simla collected $638 per resident in FY2016, 63% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Simla have per resident?
Simla carried $176 of debt per resident in FY2016, 90% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Simla compared with?
Simla is compared with Stratton, Swink, Hugo, Kiowa and Eads: 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)
+1.8%/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: Simla, 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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