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Bow Mar · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Arapahoe, Jefferson counties · Denver Metro · statutory town · Pop. 832 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 845 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2021. 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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FY2021 in brief

Bow Mar collected $1,399 per resident, 44% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 44% below its peers, but in line with the state 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)

$1,399
37% below peers
Peer median
$2,215
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 18% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,303
in line with peers
Peer median
$1,247
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 20% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.6%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,102
44% below peers
Peer median
$1,971
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 52% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+1.0%/yr

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,399
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,399 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $1.2M ÷ population 845 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • T01 Property tax
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 845 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, FY2021. Bars show Bow Mar; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Transportation: $641 per resident, 2.6× the peer median. On the revenue side, Bow Mar reports no sales tax; peers collect $967 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$1,399
per resident37% below peers
Money in: Bow Mar revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,1024.0×peers $278
$2972.3×peers $131
None reported · peers $967$0None reported
None reported · peers $270$0None reported
None reported · peers $249$0None reported
None reported · peers $247$0None reported
None reported · peers $125$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,303
per residentin line with peers
Money out: Bow Mar spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$6412.6×peers $248
Peer median unavailable$363No peer comparison
$29837% belowpeers $475
None reported · peers $316$0None reported
None reported · peers $15$0None reported
None reported · peers $3$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Bow Mar compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Bow Mar$1,399$1,303$1,102Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year
FoxfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 3.1% 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.$1,354$1,218$1,050$761Not reported for this year
Columbine Valley$3,075$1,276$2,566$1,172Not reported for this year
NederlandUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.7× the Colorado median.$3,649$2,463$1,971$1,468$432
Deer TrailUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.4% 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.$1,174$1,155Not reported for this year$1,781
Peer median$2,215$1,247$1,971Not reported for this yearNot reported for this year

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 $1,153 to FY2022 $1,771.$0$2.3K$4.7K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,142Peer median FY2018: $2,592Peer median FY2019: $2,881Peer median FY2020: $3,639Peer median FY2021: $2,215Peer median FY2022: $4,690Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,153FY2018: $1,074FY2019: $1,150FY2020: $987FY2021: $1,399FY2022: $1,771

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado 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
FY2016 $822 to FY2022 $1,599.$0$2.2K$4.3K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,534Peer median FY2018: $2,541Peer median FY2019: $2,771Peer median FY2020: $3,457Peer median FY2021: $1,247Peer median FY2022: $4,328Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $822FY2018: $872FY2019: $1,100FY2020: $1,055FY2021: $1,303FY2022: $1,599. 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 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado 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
FY2016 $1,046 to FY2022 $1,291.$0$1K$2K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $434Peer median FY2018: $1,568Peer median FY2019: $1,441Peer median FY2020: $1,878Peer median FY2021: $1,971Peer median FY2022: $2,025Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,046FY2018: $731FY2019: $1,056FY2020: $928FY2021: $1,102FY2022: $1,291

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado 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
FY2016 $66.$0$536.2$1.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $614Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $66

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$66$614$1,072 (220 reporting)
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FY2019———
FY2020———
FY2021———
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Questions about Bow Mar’s finances

How much revenue does Bow Mar collect per resident?
Bow Mar collected $1,399 per resident in FY2021, 44% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Bow Mar's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Bow Mar spent $1,303 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of its peers: Foxfield, Columbine Valley, Nederland and Deer Trail. See the figure
Which cities is Bow Mar compared with?
Bow Mar is compared with Foxfield, Columbine Valley, Nederland and Deer Trail: 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)
−2.5%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$199K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
1.8%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$1.5M
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
1.9%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Bow Mar, 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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