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Walsh · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Baca County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 513 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 542 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Walsh collected $1,685 per resident (including city-run utilities), 32% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 44% above its peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 3.2x the peer 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)

$1,685
44% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,169
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 27% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.6%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,450
34% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 27% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.3%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,411
in line with CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 51% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−2.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,685
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,685 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $913K ÷ population 542 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Walsh runs city-owned utilities, which add 28.0% 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 542 residents, small changes in Walsh'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 Walsh; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Other revenue: $164 per resident, 3.9× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,685
per resident44% above peers
Money in: Walsh revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$472in line withpeers $474
$31930% abovepeers $246
$1643.9×peers $42
$114in line withpeers $119
Withheldpeers $267
Withheldpeers $143
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,450
per resident
Money out: Walsh 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$1,031No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$249No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$83No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$44No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$42No peer comparison
Peer median of 1 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Walsh 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
Walsh compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
WalshUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.0% 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.$1,685$1,450$423$1,411
FlaglerUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.6% 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.$1,998$1,927$806$522$121
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
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
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
Peer median$1,169Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$187Benchmark 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 $1,411 to FY2021 $1,685.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,169Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,411FY2021: $1,685

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,411Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,685$1,169$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,020 to FY2021 $1,450.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $484Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,020FY2021: $1,450

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,020$484$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,450Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $511. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $136Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $511FY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 3.2x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 3.2x the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$511$136$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 3.2x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,603 to FY2021 $1,411.$0$824.1$1.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,648Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,603FY2021: $1,411

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,603$1,648$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$1,411Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Walsh’s finances

How much revenue does Walsh collect per resident?
Walsh collected $1,685 per resident in FY2021, 32% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Walsh's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Walsh spent $1,450 per resident in FY2021, 34% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Walsh have per resident?
Walsh carried $1,411 of debt per resident in FY2021, in line with the Colorado median. See the figure
Which cities is Walsh compared with?
Walsh is compared with Flagler, Simla, Otis 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)
+1.3%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$28.8K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
22.8%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$57.4K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
22.0%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Walsh, 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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