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Swink · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Otero County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 579 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 610 · Census finance data FY2016, 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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FY2021 in brief

Swink collected $1,049 per resident (including city-run utilities), 58% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 30% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 54% below its peers, and 76% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 64% below 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)

$1,049
30% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,495
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 8% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+0.8%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,133
49% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 13% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.4%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$252
54% below peers
Peer median
$553
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 11% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+0.9%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$515
64% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 22% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−10.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,049
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,049 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $640K ÷ population 610 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Swink runs city-owned utilities, which add 40.2% 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 610 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, FY2021. Bars show Swink; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Sales tax: none reported, against a peer median of $304 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$1,049
per resident30% below peers
Money in: Swink revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$421in line withpeers $437
$32858% abovepeers $208
$16217% belowpeers $196
$9099% abovepeers $45
$4866% belowpeers $139
None reported · peers $304$0None reported
None reported · peers $49$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,133
per resident
Money out: Swink spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$777No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$198No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$110No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$25No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$23No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Swink compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
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
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
Cheyenne WellsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 29.2% 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.$1,495$1,177$829$378Not reported for this year
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
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
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$1,495Benchmark unavailable$553Not reported for this yearBenchmark 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 $1,010 to FY2021 $1,049.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,157Peer median FY2021: $1,495Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,010FY2021: $1,049

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$1,010$1,157$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,049$1,495$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $956 to FY2021 $1,133.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,092Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $956FY2021: $1,133

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$956$1,092$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,133Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $242 to FY2021 $252.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $353Peer median FY2021: $553Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $242FY2021: $252

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$242$353$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$252$553$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $879 to FY2021 $515.$0$782.7$1.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,565Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $879FY2021: $515

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$879$1,565$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$515Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Swink’s finances

How much revenue does Swink collect per resident?
Swink collected $1,049 per resident in FY2021, 58% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Swink's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Swink spent $1,133 per resident in FY2021, 49% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Swink have per resident?
Swink carried $515 of debt per resident in FY2021, 64% below the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Swink compared with?
Swink is compared with Stratton, Cheyenne Wells, Simla, Eads 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)
+0.5%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$56.1K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
5.2%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$133.3K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
15.1%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Swink, 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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