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Canon City · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Fremont County · Southern Colorado · home rule municipality · Pop. 17,030 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 17,082 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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

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FY2021 in brief

Canon City collected $2,055 per resident (including city-run utilities), 17% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 12% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 35% below the state median.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,055
17% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 37% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+8.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,547
30% below CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 30% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+4.6%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$943
12% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 42% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+12.0%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$912
35% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 35% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+1.7%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,055
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,055 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $35.1M ÷ population 17,082 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Canon City runs city-owned utilities, which add 21.5% 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
  • Canon City relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.
  • Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Money in

Revenue

$2,055
per resident
Money in: Canon City revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$847No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$441No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$351No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$271No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$66No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$49No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$30No peer comparison
Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,547
per resident
Money out: Canon City spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$506No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$428No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$308No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$144No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$129No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$32No peer comparison
Colorado median of 220 reporting

Canon City 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

Benchmark unavailable: there is no peer group for FY2021.

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 $1,341 to FY2023 $2,167.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21’23Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,341FY2021: $2,055FY2023: $2,167

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,341Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,055Benchmark unavailable$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$2,167Benchmark unavailable$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,237 to FY2023 $1,895.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21’23Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,237FY2021: $1,547FY2023: $1,895. 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.

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,237Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,547Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$1,895Benchmark unavailable$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $535 to FY2023 $1,078.$0$539$1.1K’16’21’23Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $535FY2021: $943FY2023: $1,078

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$535Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$943Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$1,078Benchmark unavailable$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $837 to FY2023 $793.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21’23Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $837FY2021: $912FY2023: $793

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$837Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$912Benchmark unavailable$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$793Benchmark unavailable$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Canon City’s finances

How much revenue does Canon City collect per resident?
Canon City collected $2,055 per resident in FY2021, 17% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Canon City's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Canon City spent $1,547 per resident in FY2021, 30% below the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Canon City have per resident?
Canon City carried $912 of debt per resident in FY2021, 35% below the Colorado median. See the figure
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)
+1.1%/yr
2021 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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Sources

Dataset: Canon City, 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.

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