Walsh · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Walsh, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Baca County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 513 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 509 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (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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FY2016 in brief

Walsh collected $1,411 per resident (including city-run utilities), 19% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 3.8× its peers, but 28% 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

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,411

19% below CO median

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
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 41% 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)

$1,020

2.1× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $484
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 23% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$511

3.8× peers

Peer median: $136
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 38% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,603

in line with peers

Peer median: $1,648
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 64% 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 · $1,411

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,411 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $718K ÷ population 509 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C30 State aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- U20 Interest earnings
- 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

Walsh runs city-owned utilities, which add 43.9% 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 509 residents, small changes in Walsh's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Walsh; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $483 per resident, 2.7× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,411

per resident

Money in: Walsh 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
Peer median unavailable	$619	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	44%

Water utility charges $619 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
Peer median unavailable	$318	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	23%

General sales tax $318 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
Peer median unavailable	$193	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	14%

Property tax $193 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
Peer median unavailable	$120	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	9%

Sewer charges $110 General government (other) charges $10 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
Peer median unavailable	$96	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	7%

State aid $96 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C30 State aid C89 State aid
Peer median unavailable	$65	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	5%

Miscellaneous $63 Interest earnings $2 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U99 Miscellaneous
None reported	$0	Peer median unavailable	None reported	0%

Walsh reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes.

Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,020

per resident2.1× peers

Money out: Walsh 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
	$483	$178	2.7× peerspeers $178	47%

Water utility $218 · peers $89 Solid waste $216 · peers $10 Sewer $39 · peers $89 Natural resources $10 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E59 Natural resources E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$214	$22	9.9× peerspeers $22	21%

Streets & highways $214 · peers $22 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$112	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	11%

Fire protection $75 · peers $0 Police $37 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E24 Fire protection E62 Police
	$88	$258	66% below peerspeers $258	9%

Central staff services $53 · peers $0 Financial administration $18 · peers $27 General government (other) $14 · peers $172 incl. $14 construction Judicial & legal $4 · peers $0 incl. $14 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services G89 General government (other)
	$83	$24	3.4× peerspeers $24	8%

Interest on debt $83 · peers $24 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt I91 Interest on debt
	$39	$22	77% above peerspeers $22	4%

Parks & recreation $39 · peers $22 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Walsh compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
WalshUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 43.9% 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.	$1,411	$1,020	$511	$318	$1,603
OtisUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.8% 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.	$579	Withheld Otis · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 29% 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.	$136	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
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
Peer median	Benchmark unavailable	$484	$136	Benchmark unavailable	$1,648

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

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,411	Benchmark unavailable	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,685	$1,169	$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	$1,020	$484	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,450	Benchmark unavailable	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$511	$136	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 3.2x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$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	$1,603	$1,648	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,411	Benchmark unavailable	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Walsh’s finances

How much revenue does Walsh collect per resident?: Walsh collected $1,411 per resident in FY2016, 19% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Walsh's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Walsh spent $1,020 per resident in FY2016, 2.1× the median of its peers: Otis and Eads. See the figure
How much debt does Walsh have per resident?: Walsh carried $1,603 of debt per resident in FY2016, in line with its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Walsh compared with?: Walsh is compared with Otis and Eads: 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; 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

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Fleming$1,940 · FY2021
Eads$1,635 · 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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Walsh · 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

Walsh and its peers

Trends

Questions about Walsh’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

Utilities & environment is Walsh’s largest difference from its peers (2.7× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.