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Avon · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Eagle County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 6,184 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 6,012 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Avon: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Avon collected $6,067 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.5× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 83% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.6× its peers, and 4.2× the state median. Debt per resident runs 43% above peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado 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)

$6,067
83% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,323
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 89% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+18.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,611
22% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,352
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 63% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+5.8%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$4,481
2.6× peers
Peer median
$1,720
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 94% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+16.4%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,314
43% above peers
Peer median
$2,320
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 80% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+30.8%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $6,067
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $6,067 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $36.5M ÷ population 6,012 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Avon runs city-owned utilities, which add 0.5% 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

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Avon; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $16 per resident, 99% below the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 7.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$6,067
per resident83% above peers
Money in: Avon revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,90131% abovepeers $1,450
$1,6857.3×peers $232
$89615.8×peers $57
$8662.9×peers $297
$4014.8×peers $84
$29149% belowpeers $569
$2796% belowpeers $629
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,611
per resident22% below peers
Money out: Avon spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$8892.0×peers $437
$6662.3×peers $288
$51025% belowpeers $675
$4409% belowpeers $486
$908% belowpeers $98
$1699% belowpeers $1,117
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Avon 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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Avon compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
AvonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.$6,067$2,611$4,481$1,901$3,314
SalidaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.$3,792$3,352$1,688$1,615$2,102
CarbondaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.7% 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.$2,814$2,114$1,751$1,286$90
EagleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.6% 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.$2,854$2,274$1,409$1,114$3,660
GunnisonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.$4,357$3,661$1,905$1,622$2,320
Peer median$3,323$3,352$1,720$1,615$2,320

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
FY2016 $2,608 to FY2023 $7,045.$0$4.3K$8.6K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,993Peer median FY2021: $3,323Peer median FY2023: $8,639Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,608FY2021: $6,067FY2023: $7,045

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$2,608$2,993$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$6,067$3,323$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$7,045$8,639$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,973 to FY2023 $2,943.$0$6.2K$12.4K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,476Peer median FY2021: $3,352Peer median FY2023: $12,413Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,973FY2021: $2,611FY2023: $2,943. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Census definition change: Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$1,973$1,476$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$2,611$3,352$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$2,943$12,413$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $2,097 to FY2023 $4,982.$0$2.5K$5K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,305Peer median FY2021: $1,720Peer median FY2023: $3,183Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,097FY2021: $4,481FY2023: $4,982

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$2,097$1,305$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$4,481$1,720$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$4,982$3,183$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $867 to FY2023 $2,830.$0$2.9K$5.9K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,080Peer median FY2021: $2,320Peer median FY2023: $5,850Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $867FY2021: $3,314FY2023: $2,830

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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$867$1,080$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$3,314$2,320$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$2,830$5,850$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Avon’s finances

How much revenue does Avon collect per resident?
Avon collected $6,067 per resident in FY2021, 2.5× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Avon's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Avon spent $2,611 per resident in FY2021, 22% below the median of its peers: Salida, Carbondale, Eagle and Gunnison. See the figure
How much debt does Avon have per resident?
Avon carried $3,314 of debt per resident in FY2021, 43% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Avon compared with?
Avon is compared with Salida, Carbondale, Eagle and Gunnison: 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)
−2.1%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$74.5K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
15.8%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$531.6K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
43.9%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Avon, 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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