Yampa · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Yampa, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Routt County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 373 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 397 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Yampa collected $1,935 per resident (including city-run utilities), 22% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 49% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 43% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 43% below 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)

$1,935

49% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $3,781
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 33% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,640

6% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,748
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 33% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$652

43% below peers

Peer median: $1,144
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 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.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 25% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,126

43% below peers

Peer median: $1,970
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 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.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 44% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −17.5%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,935

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,935 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $768K ÷ population 397 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T27 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- U50 Private donations
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

Yampa runs city-owned utilities, which add 36.6% 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 397 residents, small changes in Yampa'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 Yampa; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $564 per resident, 22% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 61% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,935

per resident49% below peers

Money in: Yampa 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
	$708	$836	15% below peerspeers $836	37%

Water utility charges $708 · peers $836 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$418	$1,062	61% below peerspeers $1,062	22%

General sales tax $418 · peers $1,062 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$380	$702	46% below peerspeers $702	20%

Sewer charges $380 · peers $304 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges
	$189	$788	76% below peerspeers $788	10%

State aid $181 · peers $226 Local government aid $8 · peers $299 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$176	$142	24% above peerspeers $142	9%

Property tax $176 · peers $142 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$58	$86	32% below peerspeers $86	3%

Licenses & permits $58 · peers $19 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T24 Licenses & permits T27 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits
	$5	$68	93% below peerspeers $68	<1%

Private donations $5 · peers $1 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U50 Private donations

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,640

per resident6% below peers

Money out: Yampa 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
	$748	$669	12% above peerspeers $669	46%

Water utility $378 · peers $511 incl. $8 construction Sewer $370 · peers $136 incl. $8 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility F91 Water utility
	$564	$724	22% below peerspeers $724	34%

Financial administration $270 · peers $0 Central staff services $267 · peers $180 General government (other) $18 · peers $407 General public buildings $10 · peers $0 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings M89 General government (other)
	$267	$124	2.2× peerspeers $124	16%

Streets & highways $267 · peers $124 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$43	$11	3.8× peerspeers $11	3%

Interest on debt $43 · peers $11 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $16	$0	$16	None reported	0%

Yampa reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development.
	Withheld Yampa · Public safety · FY2021 Reason: Police spending per resident is 5% 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.	$177	Withheldpeers $177	Withheld

Police Withheld Yampa · Police · FY2021 Reason: Police spending per resident is 5% 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. · peers $177 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Yampa 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

Yampa compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
YampaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 36.6% 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.	$1,935	$1,640	$652	$418	$1,126
Lake CityUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.1% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.8× the Colorado median.	$4,270	$1,326	$1,807	$1,576	$1,970
EmpireUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.2% 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.	$3,292	$2,484	$1,245	$1,062	Not reported for this year
Grand LakeRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 8.0× the Colorado median.	$12,210	Withheld Grand Lake · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 8.5x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Grand Lake · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 6.6x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$6,861	$13,837
NorwoodUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 35.5% 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.	$2,535	$1,949	$1,043	$848	$469
Peer median	$3,781	$1,748	$1,144	$1,062	$1,970

Utilities marks a municipality whose revenue and spending include city-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit), which raises its per-resident totals.

Regional hub marks a municipality whose sales tax per resident is at least 1.5× the Colorado median: a shopping or visitor hub where people who live elsewhere pay much of the sales tax.

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

FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 4.1x the peer median

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Revenue per resident is 4.1x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,935	$3,781	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 6.4x 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 6.4x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,640	$1,748	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7.8x the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 7.8x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$652	$1,144	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt 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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,940	$883	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,126	$1,970	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Yampa’s finances

How much revenue does Yampa collect per resident?: Yampa collected $1,935 per resident in FY2021, 22% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Yampa's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Yampa spent $1,640 per resident in FY2021, 6% below the median of its peers: Lake City, Empire, Grand Lake and Norwood. See the figure
How much debt does Yampa have per resident?: Yampa carried $1,126 of debt per resident in FY2021, 43% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Yampa compared with?: Yampa is compared with Lake City, Empire, Grand Lake and Norwood: 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): −2.4%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $54.4K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 5.8%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $244.2K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 24.3%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Grand Lake$13,561 · FY2023
Lake City$4,270 · FY2021
Empire$3,292 · FY2021
Alma$2,983 · FY2021
Red Cliff$2,972 · FY2021
Norwood$2,535 · FY2021
Walden$4,010 · FY2021
Ophir$3,282 · 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)

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Yampa · 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

Yampa and its peers

Trends

Questions about Yampa’s finances

Community context

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Sources

General government is Yampa’s largest difference from its peers (22% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.