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Wray · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Yuma County · Eastern Plains · home rule municipality · Pop. 2,352 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 2,298 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Wray collected $3,393 per resident (including city-run utilities), 37% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 10% above its peers, but 19% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 25% above peers.

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)

$3,393
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,519
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 70% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.7%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,880
25% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,113
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 80% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+6.6%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$869
10% above peers
Peer median
$792
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 37% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.0%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,859
25% above peers
Peer median
$1,486
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 62% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+49.3%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,393
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,393 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $7.8M ÷ population 2,298 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U41 Royalties
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Wray runs city-owned utilities, which add 41.4% 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 2,298 residents, small changes in Wray'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 Wray; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $2,343 per resident, 2.7× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 60% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,393
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Wray revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,40611% abovepeers $1,263
$63120% abovepeers $524
$55260% abovepeers $344
$47516% belowpeers $568
$19910% abovepeers $181
$9122% abovepeers $74
$3942% belowpeers $67
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,880
per resident25% above peers
Money out: Wray spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2,3432.7×peers $872
$38345% abovepeers $264
$29510% belowpeers $327
$29131% belowpeers $422
$285No peer comparisonpeers $0
$263in line withpeers $260
$2145% belowpeers $38
None reported · peers $17$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Wray 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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Wray compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
WrayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 41.4% 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.$3,393$3,880$869$631$1,859
HolyokeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.0% 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.$2,631$2,200$492$284Not reported for this year
Las AnimasUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.3% 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.$3,867$3,225$844$658$1,408
BurlingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.9% 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.$3,957$3,489$750$524$1,564
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.1% 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.$3,519$3,113$1,337$1,032$3,922
AkronUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.3% 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.$1,870$2,216$792$362$936
Peer median$3,519$3,113$792$524$1,486

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 $2,964 to FY2021 $3,393.$0$1.8K$3.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,754Peer median FY2021: $3,519Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,964FY2021: $3,393

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$2,964$2,754$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$3,393$3,519$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,815 to FY2021 $3,880.$0$1.9K$3.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,585Peer median FY2021: $3,113Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,815FY2021: $3,880

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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,815$2,585$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,880$3,113$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $749 to FY2021 $869.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $697Peer median FY2021: $792Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $749FY2021: $869

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$749$697$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$869$792$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $250 to FY2021 $1,859.$0$933.9$1.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,868Peer median FY2021: $1,486Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $250FY2021: $1,859

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$250$1,868$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$1,859$1,486$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Wray’s finances

How much revenue does Wray collect per resident?
Wray collected $3,393 per resident in FY2021, 37% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Wray's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Wray spent $3,880 per resident in FY2021, 25% above the median of its peers: Holyoke, Las Animas, Burlington, Limon and Akron. See the figure
How much debt does Wray have per resident?
Wray carried $1,859 of debt per resident in FY2021, 25% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Wray compared with?
Wray is compared with Holyoke, Las Animas, Burlington, Limon and Akron: 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)
−0.7%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$56.1K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
13.9%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$164.5K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
9.1%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Wray, 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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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