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Springfield · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Baca County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 1,293 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,322 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Springfield: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Springfield collected $3,103 per resident (including city-run utilities), 25% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 42% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 81% above its peers, but 46% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 62% below peers.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$3,103
42% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,179
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 67% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+4.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,765
13% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,185
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 66% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+4.8%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$581
81% above peers
Peer median
$321
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 21% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.5%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$111
62% below peers
Peer median
$291
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 4% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−14.8%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,103
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,103 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $4.1M ÷ population 1,322 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric 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
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Springfield runs city-owned utilities, which add 52.1% 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 1,322 residents, small changes in Springfield'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 Springfield; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,526 per resident, 41% above the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 2.9× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,103
per resident42% above peers
Money in: Springfield revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,6162.9×peers $558
$44323% belowpeers $572
$422No peer comparisonpeers $0
$41089% abovepeers $217
$11463% belowpeers $307
$5368% belowpeers $167
$453.1×peers $14
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,765
per resident13% below peers
Money out: Springfield spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,52641% abovepeers $1,081
$64538% abovepeers $468
$28519% abovepeers $239
$24230% belowpeers $344
$6177% belowpeers $269
$582% belowpeers $30
None reported · peers $9$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Springfield 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

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Springfield compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
SpringfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 52.1% 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.$3,103$2,765$581$422$111
JulesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.5% 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.$2,487$2,334$321Not reported for this year$419
OrdwayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.0% 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.$1,343$188Not reported for this year$163
AkronUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.3% 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.$1,870$2,216$792$362$936
HaxtunUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.8% 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 7.9× the Colorado median.$14,085$10,384$6,794Not reported for this year
Peer median$2,179$3,185$321Benchmark unavailable$291

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 $2,503 to FY2021 $3,103.$0$1.6K$3.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,332Peer median FY2021: $2,179Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,503FY2021: $3,103

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$2,503$1,332$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$3,103$2,179$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,186 to FY2021 $2,765.$0$1.6K$3.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,237Peer median FY2021: $3,185Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,186FY2021: $2,765

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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,186$1,237$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$2,765$3,185$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $369 to FY2021 $581.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $529Peer median FY2021: $321Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $369FY2021: $581

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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$369$529$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$581$321$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $247 to FY2021 $111.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,163Peer median FY2021: $291Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $247FY2021: $111

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$247$1,163$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$111$291$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Springfield’s finances

How much revenue does Springfield collect per resident?
Springfield collected $3,103 per resident in FY2021, 25% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Springfield's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Springfield spent $2,765 per resident in FY2021, 13% below the median of its peers: Julesburg, Ordway, Akron and Haxtun. See the figure
How much debt does Springfield have per resident?
Springfield carried $111 of debt per resident in FY2021, 62% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Springfield compared with?
Springfield is compared with Julesburg, Ordway, Akron and Haxtun: 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)
−0.5%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$33.5K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
17.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$106.6K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
13.5%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Springfield, 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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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