Springfield · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Springfield, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Baca County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 1,293 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,354 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (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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FY2016 in brief

Springfield collected $2,503 per resident (including city-run utilities), 43% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 88% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 30% below its peers, and 48% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 79% 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)

$2,503

88% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,332
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 69% 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)

$2,186

77% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,237
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 61% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$369

30% below peers

Peer median: $529
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 26% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$247

79% below peers

Peer median: $1,163
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 22% 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 · $2,503

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$2,503 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $3.4M ÷ population 1,354 (2016 estimate)
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
- B89 Federal aid
- C46 State aid
- C89 State aid
- D46 Local government aid
- D80 Local government aid
- D89 Local government aid
- D91 Local government aid
- D92 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U99 Miscellaneous
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

Springfield runs city-owned utilities, which add 60.3% 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 1,354 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, FY2016. Bars show Springfield; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,651 per resident, 3.8× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 5.2× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,503

per resident88% above peers

Money in: Springfield 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
	$1,510	$288	5.2× peerspeers $288	60%

Electric utility charges $1,284 · peers $0 Water utility charges $226 · peers $258 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges A92 Electric utility charges
	$273	$79	3.5× peerspeers $79	11%

Federal aid $102 · peers $0 Local government aid $101 · peers $13 State aid $70 · peers $66 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid C46 State aid C89 State aid D46 Local government aid D80 Local government aid D89 Local government aid D91 Local government aid D92 Local government aid
	$232	$252	8% below peerspeers $252	9%

General sales tax $232 · peers $252 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$218	$353	38% below peerspeers $353	9%

Sewer charges $130 · peers $178 Solid waste charges $72 · peers $137 Airport charges $8 · peers $0 Parks & recreation charges $6 · peers $17 General government (other) charges $2 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A01 Airport charges A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$134	$139	in line with peerspeers $139	5%

Miscellaneous $73 · peers $80 Fines & forfeits $54 · peers $17 Interest earnings $7 · peers $6 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U99 Miscellaneous
	$100	$211	53% below peerspeers $211	4%

Property tax $100 · peers $211 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$37	$65	43% below peerspeers $65	1%

Licenses & permits $27 · peers $12 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $10 · peers $16 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T24 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,186

per resident77% above peers

Money out: Springfield 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
	$1,651	$430	3.8× peerspeers $430	76%

Electric utility $1,215 · peers $0 incl. $33 construction Water utility $281 · peers $158 Sewer $98 · peers $108 Solid waste $57 · peers $169 incl. $33 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility E92 Electric utility G92 Electric utility
	$203	$142	43% above peerspeers $142	9%

Police $189 · peers $120 Fire protection $14 · peers $2 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E24 Fire protection E62 Police
	$160	$211	25% below peerspeers $211	7%

Central staff services $117 · peers $124 General public buildings $27 · peers $3 incl. $18 construction Financial administration $10 · peers $45 Judicial & legal $6 · peers $9 incl. $18 construction 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 G31 General public buildings
	$114	$307	63% below peerspeers $307	5%

Streets & highways $107 · peers $240 incl. $47 construction Airport $7 · peers $67 incl. $47 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E01 Airport E44 Streets & highways G44 Streets & highways
	$44	$269	84% below peerspeers $269	2%

Parks & recreation $44 · peers $108 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$11	$47	77% below peerspeers $47	1%

Interest on debt $11 · peers $47 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
	$4	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	<1%

Health $4 · peers $0 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E32 Health
None reported · peers $28	$0	$28	None reported	0%

Springfield reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Springfield compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
SpringfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 60.3% 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.	$2,503	$2,186	$369	$232	$247
FowlerUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 30.5% 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.	$946	$1,196	$344	$205	Not reported for this year
OrdwayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.	$927	Withheld Ordway · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 15% 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 Ordway · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 29% 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	$174
AkronUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.9% 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.	$1,332	$1,237	$714	$298	$1,153
JulesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.9% 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.	$2,377	Withheld Julesburg · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 30% 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.	$298	Withheld Julesburg · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 12% 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.	$1,173
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.6% 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.	$2,711	$2,784	$832	$584	$1,868
Peer median	$1,332	$1,237	$529	$298	$1,163

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 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,503	$1,332	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$3,103	$2,179	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures 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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,186	$1,237	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$2,765	$3,185	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue 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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$369	$529	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$581	$321	$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	$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 $2,503 per resident in FY2016, 43% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Springfield's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Springfield spent $2,186 per resident in FY2016, 77% above the median of its peers: Fowler, Ordway, Akron, Julesburg and Limon. See the figure
How much debt does Springfield have per resident?: Springfield carried $247 of debt per resident in FY2016, 79% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Springfield compared with?: Springfield is compared with Fowler, Ordway, Akron, Julesburg and Limon: 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): −1.3%/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 Eastern Plains

Julesburg$2,487 · FY2021
Fowler$946 · FY2016
Ordway$1,343 · FY2021
Haxtun$14,085 · FY2021
Log Lane Village$2,366 · FY2021
Akron$1,870 · FY2021
Holly$2,746 · FY2021
Hugo$1,619 · FY2016

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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Springfield · 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

Springfield and its peers

Trends

Questions about Springfield’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

Utilities & environment is Springfield’s largest difference from its peers (3.8× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.