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Centennial · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Arapahoe County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 108,658 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 109,694 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

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FY2016 in brief

Centennial collected $816 per resident, 53% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 68% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 46% below its peers, and 18% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 98% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$816
68% below peers
Peer median
$2,576
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 12% 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)

$680
76% below peers
Peer median
$2,842
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 12% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$578
46% below peers
Peer median
$1,065
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 43% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$26
98% below peers
Peer median
$1,551
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 1% 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 · $816
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $816 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $89.5M ÷ population 109,694 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • D30 Local government aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

No structural factors stand out in the data. The peer comparison below is a fair starting point.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Centennial; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Parks, libraries & community: $20 per resident, 97% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 56% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$816
per resident68% below peers
Money in: Centennial revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$35356% belowpeers $810
$13418% belowpeers $163
$13366% belowpeers $396
$10560% belowpeers $264
$9027% belowpeers $123
None reported · peers $382$0None reported
None reported · peers $326$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$680
per resident76% below peers
Money out: Centennial spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2446% belowpeers $260
$21264% belowpeers $596
$19749% belowpeers $385
$2097% belowpeers $611
$7No peer comparisonpeers $0
$198% belowpeers $71
None reported · peers $526$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Centennial 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

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Centennial compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Centennial$816$680$578$353$26
WestminsterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.1% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.$2,451$2,457$1,154$888$2,610
BoulderUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.$3,546$3,351$1,903$1,211$1,161
LongmontUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.8% 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.$2,701$3,226$975$669$2,033
Castle RockUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.4% 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.$2,292$1,821$940$731$1,551
Peer median$2,576$2,842$1,065$810$1,551

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 $816 to FY2023 $638. 1 year withheld.$0$1.6K$3.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,576Peer median FY2018: $2,963Peer median FY2019: $2,991Peer median FY2020: $3,122Peer median FY2021: $2,840Peer median FY2023: $3,101Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $816FY2018: $939FY2019: $1,000FY2020: $938FY2021: $684FY2023: $638FY2022: withheld — Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2022 withheld: Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2021, FY2022, 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$816$2,576$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$939$2,963$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,000$2,991$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$938$3,122$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$684$2,840$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$638$3,101$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $680 to FY2021 $690. 2 years withheld.$0$1.6K$3.2K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,842Peer median FY2018: $2,719Peer median FY2019: $3,156Peer median FY2020: $2,747Peer median FY2021: $2,541Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $680FY2018: $704FY2019: $753FY2020: $901FY2021: $690FY2022: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 10% of the peer medianFY2023: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 10% of the peer median

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.

  • FY2022, FY2023 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 10% of the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023, 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$680$2,842$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$704$2,719$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$753$3,156$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$901$2,747$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$690$2,541$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 10% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 10% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $578 to FY2023 $583.$0$861.8$1.7K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,065Peer median FY2018: $1,328Peer median FY2019: $1,412Peer median FY2020: $1,362Peer median FY2021: $1,451Peer median FY2022: $1,651Peer median FY2023: $1,724Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $578FY2018: $652FY2019: $698FY2020: $748FY2021: $566FY2022: $601FY2023: $583

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2021, FY2022, 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$578$1,065$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$652$1,328$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$698$1,412$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$748$1,362$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$566$1,451$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$601$1,651$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$583$1,724$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $26 to FY2023 $23.$0$1.4K$2.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,551Peer median FY2018: $2,272Peer median FY2019: $1,637Peer median FY2020: $1,852Peer median FY2021: $2,000Peer median FY2022: $2,805Peer median FY2023: $1,515Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $26FY2018: $25FY2019: $25FY2020: $25FY2021: $24FY2022: $24FY2023: $23

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, 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$26$1,551$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$25$2,272$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$25$1,637$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$25$1,852$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$24$2,000$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$24$2,805$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$23$1,515$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Centennial’s finances

How much revenue does Centennial collect per resident?
Centennial collected $816 per resident in FY2016, 53% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Centennial's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Centennial spent $680 per resident in FY2016, 76% below the median of its peers: Westminster, Boulder, Longmont and Castle Rock. See the figure
How much debt does Centennial have per resident?
Centennial carried $26 of debt per resident in FY2016, 98% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Centennial compared with?
Centennial is compared with Westminster, Boulder, Longmont and Castle Rock: 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)
+1.5%/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

Dataset: Centennial, 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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