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Stratton · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Kit Carson County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 644 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 636 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Stratton collected $1,566 per resident (including city-run utilities), 37% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 2.0× its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 31% above its peers, but 52% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 26% above the state median.

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)

$1,566
2.0× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$771
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 23% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+6.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$516
31% above peers
Peer median
$393
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 18% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.4%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,777
26% above CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 58% of the 199 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 · $1,566
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,566 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $996K ÷ population 636 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) 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.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Stratton runs city-owned utilities, which add 31.7% 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 636 residents, small changes in Stratton'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 Stratton; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Intergovernmental: $220 per resident, 4.6× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,566
per resident2.0× peers
Money in: Stratton revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$49718% abovepeers $421
$28537% abovepeers $208
$26750% abovepeers $178
$2204.6×peers $48
$14310% abovepeers $130
$1052.3×peers $45
$4918.1×peers $3
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

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

Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Stratton 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
Stratton compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
StrattonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.7% 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.$1,566$516$267$1,777
EadsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.8% 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.$1,635$1,503$591$341$1,206
SwinkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 40.2% 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.$1,049$1,133$252Not reported for this year$515
SimlaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.3% 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.$538Not reported for this year
Kiowa$733$533$286Not reported for this year
OtisUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 78.3% 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.$771$167$69Not reported for this year
Peer median$771Benchmark unavailable$393$286Benchmark unavailable

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 $1,158 to FY2021 $1,566.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,387Peer median FY2021: $771Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,158FY2021: $1,566

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$1,158$1,387$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,566$771$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $863. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,012Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $863FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 3.5x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 3.5x the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$863$2,012$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 3.5x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $435 to FY2021 $516.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $412Peer median FY2021: $393Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $435FY2021: $516

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$435$412$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$516$393$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2021 $1,777.$0$888.4$1.8K’16’21Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,777

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016———
FY2021$1,777Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Stratton’s finances

How much revenue does Stratton collect per resident?
Stratton collected $1,566 per resident in FY2021, 37% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Stratton have per resident?
Stratton carried $1,777 of debt per resident in FY2021, 26% above the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Stratton compared with?
Stratton is compared with Eads, Swink, Simla, Kiowa and Otis: 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)
−0.4%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$48.1K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
6.2%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$118.2K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
14.4%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Stratton, 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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