Swink · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

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Otero County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 579 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 596 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Swink collected $1,010 per resident (including city-run utilities), 42% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 13% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 32% below its peers, and 66% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 44% 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)

$1,010

13% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,157
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 25% 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)

$956

12% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,092
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 20% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$242

32% below peers

Peer median: $353
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 18% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$879

44% below peers

Peer median: $1,565
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 44% 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 · $1,010

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,010 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $602K ÷ population 596 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- C89 State aid
- D46 Local government aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T24 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U40 Rents
- 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

Swink runs city-owned utilities, which add 38.4% 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 596 residents, small changes in Swink'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 Swink; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Public safety: none reported, against a peer median of $102 per resident. On the revenue side, property tax is 37% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,010

per resident13% below peers

Money in: Swink 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
	$388	$375	in line with peerspeers $375	38%

Water utility charges $388 · peers $375 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$315	$278	13% above peerspeers $278	31%

Solid waste charges $156 · peers $93 Sewer charges $122 · peers $157 Parks & recreation charges $37 · peers $7 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$191	$140	37% above peerspeers $140	19%

Property tax $191 · peers $140 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$57	$57	in line with peerspeers $57	6%

State aid $47 · peers $37 Local government aid $10 · peers $0 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid C89 State aid D46 Local government aid D89 Local government aid
	$50	$35	45% above peerspeers $35	5%

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $45 · peers $17 Licenses & permits $5 · peers $0 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T24 Licenses & permits
	$8	$18	53% below peerspeers $18	1%

Interest earnings $3 · peers $1 Miscellaneous $3 · peers $0 Rents $2 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U40 Rents U99 Miscellaneous
None reported	$0	Peer median unavailable	None reported	0%

Swink reported nothing in this category for FY2016. General sales and use tax.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$956

per resident12% below peers

Money out: Swink 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
	$572	$503	14% above peerspeers $503	60%

Solid waste $307 · peers $189 incl. $227 construction Water utility $216 · peers $197 Sewer $49 · peers $53 incl. $227 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility G81 Solid waste
	$205	$117	75% above peerspeers $117	21%

Financial administration $193 · peers $14 Central staff services $12 · peers $42 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E29 Central staff services
	$116	$19	6.1× peerspeers $19	12%

Streets & highways $116 · peers $18 incl. $15 construction incl. $15 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways G44 Streets & highways
	$42	$48	13% below peerspeers $48	4%

Parks & recreation $42 · peers $38 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$22	$76	71% below peerspeers $76	2%

Interest on debt $22 · peers $76 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $102	$0	$102	None reported	0%

Swink reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Swink 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

Swink compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
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	$242	Not reported for this year	$879
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	Withheld Simla · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 1% 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 Simla · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 33% 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.	$63	$176
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
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	Withheld Kiowa · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 23% 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.	$6,418
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	$194	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$1,157	$1,092	$353	Not reported for this year	$1,565

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	$1,010	$1,157	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,049	$1,495	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$956	$1,092	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,133	Benchmark unavailable	$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	$242	$353	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$252	$553	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$879	$1,565	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$515	Benchmark unavailable	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Swink’s finances

How much revenue does Swink collect per resident?: Swink collected $1,010 per resident in FY2016, 42% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Swink's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Swink spent $956 per resident in FY2016, 12% below the median of its peers: Simla, Eads, Kiowa and Stratton. See the figure
How much debt does Swink have per resident?: Swink carried $879 of debt per resident in FY2016, 44% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Swink compared with?: Swink is compared with Simla, Eads, Kiowa and Stratton: 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): −0.7%/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

Explore further

Also in Eastern Plains

Flagler$1,998 · FY2021
Simla$538 · FY2021
Eads$1,635 · FY2021
Stratton$1,566 · FY2021
Walsh$1,685 · FY2021
Otis$771 · FY2021
Granada
Cheyenne Wells$1,495 · FY2021

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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Swink · 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

Swink and its peers

Trends

Questions about Swink’s finances

Community context

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