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Wiggins · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Morgan County · Eastern Plains · statutory town · Pop. 1,868 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 904 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Wiggins collected $1,851 per resident (including city-run utilities), 6% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 69% above its peers. Debt per resident runs 41% above peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,851
69% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,093
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 53% 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)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$4,014
41% above peers
Peer median
$2,850
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 90% 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 · $1,851
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,851 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.7M ÷ population 904 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Wiggins runs city-owned utilities, which add 28.2% 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 904 residents, small changes in Wiggins'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 Wiggins; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Other revenue: $154 per resident, 14.9× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,851
per resident69% above peers
Money in: Wiggins revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$52121% belowpeers $659
$16413% abovepeers $145
$15414.9×peers $10
$8029% belowpeers $112
Withheldpeers $186
Withheldpeers $34
Withheld
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Wiggins’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Wiggins 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
Wiggins compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
WigginsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.2% 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.$1,851$232$4,014
Cheyenne WellsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.2% 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.$949$402$155Not reported for this year
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$6,418
JulesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.9% 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.$2,377$298$1,173
Log Lane VillageUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 44.6% 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.$1,008$270$111Not reported for this year
Peer median$1,093Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$2,850

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 $1,851 to FY2021 $2,355.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,093Peer median FY2021: $3,393Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,851FY2021: $2,355

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$1,851$1,093$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,355$3,393$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $1,411. 1 year withheld.$0$1.6K$3.1K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $3,113Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,411FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 3.4x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 3.4x the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 3.4x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,411$3,113$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $829. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $869Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $829FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 3.1x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$829$869$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $4,014 to FY2021 $5,467.$0$2.7K$5.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,850Peer median FY2021: $1,564Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $4,014FY2021: $5,467

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$4,014$2,850$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$5,467$1,564$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Wiggins’s finances

How much revenue does Wiggins collect per resident?
Wiggins collected $1,851 per resident in FY2016, 6% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Wiggins have per resident?
Wiggins carried $4,014 of debt per resident in FY2016, 41% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Wiggins compared with?
Wiggins is compared with Cheyenne Wells, Kiowa, Julesburg and Log Lane Village: 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)
+0.2%/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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Sources

Dataset: Wiggins, 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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