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Steamboat Springs · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Routt County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 13,557 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 12,755 · Census finance data FY2016–FY2023

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FY2016 in brief

Steamboat Springs collected $4,451 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.5× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 26% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 32% above its peers, and 3.7× the state median. Debt per resident runs 21% above peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.7× the Colorado 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)

$4,451
26% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,536
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 91% 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)

$3,765
21% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,107
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 84% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,631
32% above peers
Peer median
$1,995
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 94% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,890
21% above peers
Peer median
$3,224
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 89% 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 · $4,451
Includes Census estimates for 92% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $4,451 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $56.8M ÷ population 12,755 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A94 Transit charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Steamboat Springs runs city-owned utilities, which add 4.3% 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
  • Part of Steamboat Springs's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Steamboat Springs; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.7× 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 Utilities & environment: $411 per resident, 48% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 19% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$4,451
per resident26% above peers
Money in: Steamboat Springs revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2,04719% abovepeers $1,716
$64463% abovepeers $396
$52610% abovepeers $476
$4592.0×peers $228
$4532.8×peers $163
$19139% belowpeers $312
$13220% abovepeers $110
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,765
per resident21% above peers
Money out: Steamboat Springs spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,06931% abovepeers $819
$74390% abovepeers $391
$70041% abovepeers $497
$68588% abovepeers $363
$41148% belowpeers $794
$13651% abovepeers $90
$22No peer comparisonpeers $0
None reported · peers $11$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Steamboat Springs 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

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Steamboat Springs compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Steamboat SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.3% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.7× the Colorado median.$4,451$3,765$2,631$2,047$3,890
Fruita$1,107$994$373$245$2,327
Glenwood SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 27.3% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.2× the Colorado median.$4,750$6,209$2,120$1,775$4,122
RifleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.9% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.$2,617$2,402$1,221$1,051Not reported for this year
AspenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 7.1× the Colorado median.$13,061$7,256$3,945$7,026
DurangoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.1× the Colorado median.$3,536$3,813$1,995$1,716$1,484
Peer median$3,536$3,107$1,995$1,716$3,224

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 $4,451 to FY2023 $8,437.$0$4.2K$8.4K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $3,536Peer median FY2017: $3,579Peer median FY2018: $3,714Peer median FY2019: $4,129Peer median FY2020: $2,146Peer median FY2021: $2,512Peer median FY2022: $2,927Peer median FY2023: $5,785Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $4,451FY2017: $4,476FY2018: $4,867FY2019: $5,109FY2020: $5,229FY2021: $5,682FY2022: $6,054FY2023: $8,437

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023. 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$4,451$3,536$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2017$4,476$3,579$2,694 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$4,867$3,714$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$5,109$4,129$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$5,229$2,146$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$5,682$2,512$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$6,054$2,927$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$8,437$5,785$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,765 to FY2023 $5,902.$0$3.4K$6.7K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $3,107Peer median FY2017: $3,846Peer median FY2018: $3,098Peer median FY2019: $3,937Peer median FY2020: $1,927Peer median FY2021: $2,460Peer median FY2022: $3,227Peer median FY2023: $5,312Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,765FY2017: $4,532FY2018: $4,533FY2019: $4,977FY2020: $5,002FY2021: $5,324FY2022: $6,716. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $5,902. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

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 FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2022, FY2023, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,765$3,107$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2017$4,532$3,846$2,663 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$4,533$3,098$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$4,977$3,937$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$5,002$1,927$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$5,324$2,460$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$6,716$3,227$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$5,902$5,312$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $2,631 to FY2023 $5,636.$0$2.8K$5.6K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,995Peer median FY2017: $1,808Peer median FY2018: $1,647Peer median FY2019: $1,251Peer median FY2020: $1,239Peer median FY2021: $1,343Peer median FY2022: $1,634Peer median FY2023: $2,175Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,631FY2017: $2,918FY2018: $3,203FY2019: $3,409FY2020: $3,579FY2021: $4,019FY2022: $4,262FY2023: $5,636

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023. 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$2,631$1,995$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017$2,918$1,808$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,203$1,647$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,409$1,251$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$3,579$1,239$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$4,019$1,343$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$4,262$1,634$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$5,636$2,175$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $3,890 to FY2023 $2,128.$0$1.9K$3.9K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $3,224Peer median FY2017: $1,442Peer median FY2018: $3,669Peer median FY2019: $3,062Peer median FY2020: $2,629Peer median FY2021: $1,895Peer median FY2022: $2,821Peer median FY2023: $2,810Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,890FY2017: $3,703FY2018: $3,398FY2019: $3,121FY2020: $2,846FY2021: $2,550FY2022: $2,283FY2023: $2,128

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2022, FY2023. 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$3,890$3,224$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2017$3,703$1,442$1,482 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,398$3,669$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,121$3,062$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,846$2,629$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,550$1,895$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$2,283$2,821$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,128$2,810$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Steamboat Springs’s finances

How much revenue does Steamboat Springs collect per resident?
Steamboat Springs collected $4,451 per resident in FY2016, 2.5× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Steamboat Springs's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Steamboat Springs spent $3,765 per resident in FY2016, 21% above the median of its peers: Fruita, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Aspen and Durango. See the figure
How much debt does Steamboat Springs have per resident?
Steamboat Springs carried $3,890 of debt per resident in FY2016, 21% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Steamboat Springs compared with?
Steamboat Springs is compared with Fruita, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Aspen and Durango: 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)
+1.2%/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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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Steamboat Springs, 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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