Bow Mar · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Bow Mar, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Arapahoe, Jefferson counties · Denver Metro · statutory town · Pop. 832 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 961 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Bow Mar: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Bow Mar collected $1,153 per resident, 34% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.4× its peers, and 48% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 89% 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)

$1,153

in line with peers

Peer median: $1,142
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 32% 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)

$822

46% below peers

Peer median: $1,534
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 16% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,046

2.4× peers

Peer median: $434
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 72% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$66

89% below peers

Peer median: $614
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 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 3% 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 · $1,153

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,153 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $1.1M ÷ population 961 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- C46 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U20 Interest earnings
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

With about 961 residents, small changes in Bow Mar'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 Bow Mar; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Transportation: $280 per resident, 2.5× the peer median. On the revenue side, property tax is 4.9× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,153

per residentin line with peers

Money in: Bow Mar revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$646	$131	4.9× peerspeers $131	56%

Property tax $646 · peers $131 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$400	$46	8.7× peerspeers $46	35%

Licenses & permits $353 · peers $21 Other taxes $47 · peers $0 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T24 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes
	$101	$71	42% above peerspeers $71	9%

State aid $101 · peers $71 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid
	$6	$106	94% below peerspeers $106	1%

Miscellaneous $4 · peers $6 Interest earnings $2 · peers $1 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U99 Miscellaneous
None reported · peers $168	$0	$168	None reported	0%

Bow Mar reported nothing in this category for FY2016. General sales and use tax.
None reported · peers $24	$0	$24	None reported	0%

Bow Mar reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$822

per resident46% below peers

Money out: Bow Mar spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$280	$111	2.5× peerspeers $111	34%

Streets & highways $280 · peers $111 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$272	$217	25% above peerspeers $217	33%

Police $272 · peers $197 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$185	$309	40% below peerspeers $309	23%

Central staff services $185 · peers $273 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E29 Central staff services
	$82	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	10%

Parks & recreation $82 · peers $0 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$3	$26	88% below peerspeers $26	<1%

Interest on debt $3 · peers $26 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Bow Mar 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

Bow Mar compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Bow Mar	$1,153	$822	$1,046	Not reported for this year	$66
Timnath	$3,675	$2,925	Withheld Timnath · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 7.4x 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 Timnath · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 20.5x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$657
Foxfield	$994	$715	$536	$386	$321
Columbine Valley	$582	$667	$489	Withheld Columbine Valley · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 11% 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.	Not reported for this year
PierceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.8% 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.	$1,739	$3,243	$251	$168	$571
KeenesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.0% 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.	$1,142	$1,534	$378	$166	$1,352
Peer median	$1,142	$1,534	$434	Not reported for this year	$614

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, 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	$1,153	$1,142	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018	$1,074	$2,592	$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$1,150	$2,881	$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$987	$3,639	$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$1,399	$2,215	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022	$1,771	$4,690	$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, 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	$822	$1,534	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018	$872	$2,541	$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$1,100	$2,771	$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$1,055	$3,457	$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$1,303	$1,247	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022	$1,599	$4,328	$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	$1,046	$434	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018	$731	$1,568	$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$1,056	$1,441	$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$928	$1,878	$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$1,102	$1,971	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022	$1,291	$2,025	$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$66	$614	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018	—	—	—
FY2019	—	—	—
FY2020	—	—	—
FY2021	—	—	—
FY2022	—	—	—

Questions about Bow Mar’s finances

How much revenue does Bow Mar collect per resident?: Bow Mar collected $1,153 per resident in FY2016, 34% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Bow Mar's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Bow Mar spent $822 per resident in FY2016, 46% below the median of its peers: Timnath, Foxfield, Columbine Valley, Pierce and Keenesburg. See the figure
How much debt does Bow Mar have per resident?: Bow Mar carried $66 of debt per resident in FY2016, 89% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Bow Mar compared with?: Bow Mar is compared with Timnath, Foxfield, Columbine Valley, Pierce and Keenesburg: 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): +2.2%/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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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Bow Mar · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 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

Bow Mar and its peers

Trends

Questions about Bow Mar’s finances

Community context

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Also in Denver Metro

Sources

Transportation is Bow Mar’s largest difference from its peers (2.5× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.