Two Buttes · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Two Buttes, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Baca County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 30 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 32 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Two Buttes collected $1,406 per resident (including city-run utilities), 43% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 91% above its 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)

$1,406

91% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $737
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 19% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +8.2%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,000

20% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $831
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 9% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

Debt per resident (definition)

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,406

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,406 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $45K ÷ population 32 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Two Buttes runs city-owned utilities, which add 48.9% 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 32 residents, small changes in Two Buttes'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 Two Buttes; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $594 per resident, 2.8× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 2.6× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,406

per resident91% above peers

Money in: Two Buttes revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$688	$365	88% above peerspeers $365	49%

Water utility charges $688 · peers $365 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$625	$242	2.6× peerspeers $242	44%

State aid $344 · peers $215 Local government aid $281 · peers $7 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$94	$85	10% above peerspeers $85	7%

Sewer charges $94 · peers $50 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges
None reported · peers $104	$0	$104	None reported	0%

Two Buttes reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property.
None reported · peers $63	$0	$63	None reported	0%

Two Buttes reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Property tax levied by the municipality.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,000

per resident20% above peers

Money out: Two Buttes spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$594	$214	2.8× peerspeers $214	59%

General government (other) $375 · peers $161 Central staff services $156 · peers $18 General public buildings $63 · peers $0 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other)
	$219	$437	50% below peerspeers $437	22%

Water utility $188 · peers $437 Solid waste $31 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$156	$70	2.2× peerspeers $70	16%

Streets & highways $156 · peers $70 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$31	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	3%

Health $31 · peers $0 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E32 Health
None reported · peers $14	$0	$14	None reported	0%

Two Buttes reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Interest paid on the municipality's debt.
None reported · peers $10	$0	$10	None reported	0%

Two Buttes reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Two Buttes 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

Two Buttes compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Two ButtesUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.9% 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.	$1,406	$1,000	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
PaoliUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 66.7% 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.	$420	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Sheridan Lake	$446	$304	$71	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
CampoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.0% 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.	$2,228	$2,158	$69	Not reported for this year	$1,119
HaswellUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.8% 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.	$1,028	$831	$99	Not reported for this year	$310
Peer median	$737	$831	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year

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	$950	$1,012	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,406	$737	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 10% of the peer median

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 10% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,000	$831	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$100	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	—	—	—

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	$175	$1,717	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	—	—	—

Questions about Two Buttes’s finances

How much revenue does Two Buttes collect per resident?: Two Buttes collected $1,406 per resident in FY2021, 43% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Two Buttes's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Two Buttes spent $1,000 per resident in FY2021, 20% above the median of its peers: Paoli, Sheridan Lake, Campo and Haswell. See the figure
Which cities is Two Buttes compared with?: Two Buttes is compared with Paoli, Sheridan Lake, Campo and Haswell: 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): −4.4%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $17.1K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 21.9%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $83K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 21.9%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Paoli$420 · FY2021
Sheridan Lake$446 · FY2021
Haswell$1,028 · FY2021
Vona$1,659 · FY2021
Campo$1,122 · FY2022
Vilas$1,689 · FY2016
Pritchett$1,164 · FY2022
Crook$893 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

Dataset: Two Buttes, 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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Two Buttes · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 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

Two Buttes and its peers

Trends

Questions about Two Buttes’s finances

Community context

Explore further

Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

General government is Two Buttes’s largest difference from its peers (2.8× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.