Bennett · FY2022 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Bennett, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Adams, Arapahoe counties · Denver Metro · statutory town · Pop. 4,224 (2025 estimate); FY2022 per-resident figures use 3,532 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Bennett: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2022 in brief

Bennett collected $4,690 per resident (including city-run utilities), 55% above the median of the 72 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 10% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 43% below its peers, but 24% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 42% above 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)

$4,690

10% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $5,185
CO median · 72 with a published figure Median of the 72 Colorado municipalities with FY2022 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $3,031
Position: Higher than 73% of the 72 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$4,774

in line with peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $4,786
CO median · 71 with a published figure Median of the 71 Colorado municipalities with FY2022 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $3,025
Position: Higher than 74% of the 71 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,025

43% below peers

Peer median: $3,553
CO median · 71 with a published figure Median of the 71 Colorado municipalities with FY2022 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,631
Position: Higher than 67% of the 71 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$7,189

42% above peers

Peer median: $5,056
CO median · 73 with a published figure Median of the 73 Colorado municipalities with FY2022 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,068
Position: Higher than 89% of the 73 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 · $4,690

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$4,690 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $16.6M ÷ population 3,532 (2022 estimate)
3Census line items
- A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
- A44 Streets & highways charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U20 Interest earnings
- U40 Rents
- U50 Private donations
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2022
  Survey file
  2023
  The 2023 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 is FY2022.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2022
  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

Bennett runs city-owned utilities, which add 10.6% 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 3,532 residents, small changes in Bennett's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Bennett relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2022. Bars show Bennett; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,396 per resident, 2.9× the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 48% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$4,690

per resident10% below peers

Money in: Bennett revenue per resident by category, FY2022, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$1,657	$3,156	48% below peerspeers $3,156	35%

General sales tax $1,657 · peers $3,156 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$1,054	$311	3.4× peerspeers $311	22%

Local government aid $830 · peers $16 State aid $224 · peers $186 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$808	$346	2.3× peerspeers $346	17%

General government (other) charges $470 · peers $19 Sewer charges $332 · peers $222 Commercial activities (other) charges $5 · peers $0 Streets & highways charges $2 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A03 Commercial activities (other) charges A44 Streets & highways charges A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$499	$403	24% above peerspeers $403	11%

Water utility charges $499 · peers $403 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$304	$299	in line with peerspeers $299	6%

Miscellaneous $237 · peers $22 Interest earnings $47 · peers $57 Rents $19 · peers $0 Private donations $1 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U40 Rents U50 Private donations U99 Miscellaneous
	$236	$339	31% below peerspeers $339	5%

Property tax $236 · peers $339 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$133	$158	16% below peerspeers $158	3%

Licenses & permits $99 · peers $59 Other taxes $29 · peers $0 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $5 · peers $73 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T24 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 72 reporting

Money out

Spending

$4,774

per residentin line with peers

Money out: Bennett spending per resident by category, FY2022, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$1,956	$1,192	64% above peerspeers $1,192	41%

Central staff services $960 · peers $151 incl. $39 construction General public buildings $881 · peers $65 incl. $787 construction Financial administration $110 · peers $25 Judicial & legal $4 · peers $24 General government (other) $1 · peers $411 incl. $826 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 E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other) F29 Central staff services F31 General public buildings
	$1,396	$476	2.9× peerspeers $476	29%

Water utility $1,158 · peers $338 incl. $644 construction Sewer $238 · peers $93 incl. $644 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility F91 Water utility
	$498	$44	11.3× peerspeers $44	10%

Streets & highways $498 · peers $44 incl. $464 construction incl. $464 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways F44 Streets & highways
	$454	$678	33% below peerspeers $678	10%

Parks & recreation $454 · peers $130 incl. $345 construction incl. $345 construction Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation F61 Parks & recreation
	$257	$189	36% above peerspeers $189	5%

Interest on debt $257 · peers $189 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt I91 Interest on debt I94 Interest on debt
	$50	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	1%

Health $50 · peers $0 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E32 Health
	$5	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	<1%

Commercial activities (other) $5 · peers $0 incl. $5 construction incl. $5 construction Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above. Census line items F03 Commercial activities (other)
	Withheld Bennett · Public safety · FY2022 Reason: Police spending per resident is 13% 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.	$1,026	Withheldpeers $1,026	Withheld

Protective inspection & regulation $37 · peers $0 Police Withheld Bennett · Police · FY2022 Reason: Police spending per resident is 13% 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 $958 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police E66 Protective inspection & regulation

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 71 reporting

Bennett 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, FY2022. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Bennett compared with its peer municipalities, FY2022, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
BennettUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.6% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$4,690	$4,774	$2,025	$1,657	$7,189
GlendaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.1% of total revenue in FY2022. 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 3.8× the Colorado median.	$10,059	$8,199	$7,590	$4,399	$3,276
La SalleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.7% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$2,152	$1,603	$1,092	Withheld La Salle · Sales tax per resident · FY2022 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 362% of this city's typical level in other years We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Not reported for this year
SheridanUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.4% of total revenue in FY2022. 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 2.1× the Colorado median.	$5,185	$4,786	$3,553	$2,389	$25,696
Estes ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 47.3% of total revenue in FY2022. 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 3.4× the Colorado median.	$10,374	$9,323	$4,293	$3,922	$6,835
MillikenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.5% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,700	$1,136	$873	$376	$659
Peer median	$5,185	$4,786	$3,553	$3,156	$5,056

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

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,188	$1,633	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018	$3,016	$5,433	$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$2,292	$5,841	$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$3,485	$6,160	$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$3,713	$2,711	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022	$4,690	$5,185	$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)

Expenditures per resident

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 FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,863	$3,088	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018	$3,158	$5,896	$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$3,643	$5,380	$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$3,713	$5,845	$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$3,924	$3,418	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022	$4,774	$4,786	$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,224	$808	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018	$1,568	$2,750	$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$1,441	$2,973	$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$1,710	$3,036	$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$1,198	$1,079	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022	$2,025	$3,553	$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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	$4,043	$2,956	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018	$3,445	$4,352	$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$2,954	$6,789	$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$2,825	$6,182	$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$3,691	$733	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022	$7,189	$5,056	$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Bennett’s finances

How much revenue does Bennett collect per resident?: Bennett collected $4,690 per resident in FY2022, 55% above the median of the 72 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Bennett's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Bennett spent $4,774 per resident in FY2022, in line with the median of its peers: Glendale, La Salle, Sheridan, Estes Park and Milliken. See the figure
How much debt does Bennett have per resident?: Bennett carried $7,189 of debt per resident in FY2022, 42% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Bennett compared with?: Bennett is compared with Glendale, La Salle, Sheridan, Estes Park and Milliken: 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): +7.2%/yr; 2022 estimate
Median household income: $82K; 2022 estimate
Poverty rate: 6.5%; 2022 estimate
Median home value: $371.3K; 2022 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 2.0%; 2022 estimate

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Also in Denver Metro

Glendale$9,366 · FY2023
Edgewater$2,629 · FY2023
Sheridan$5,680 · FY2023
Lyons$5,905 · FY2023
Cherry Hills Village$6,787 · FY2023
Deer Trail$1,174 · FY2021
Columbine Valley$3,075 · FY2021
Nederland$3,649 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2018-2022 · 2022
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2018-2022 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File · 2023 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - 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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Bennett · FY2022 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2022 in brief

FY2022 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

Bennett and its peers

Trends

Questions about Bennett’s finances

Community context

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Also in Denver Metro

Sources

Utilities & environment is Bennett’s largest difference from its peers (2.9× the peer median in FY2022). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.