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Eagle · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Eagle County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 7,280 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 7,539 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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

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FY2021 in brief

Eagle collected $2,854 per resident (including city-run utilities), 15% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 36% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 55% below its peers, but 31% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 10% above peers.

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)

$2,854
36% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$4,440
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 62% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+12.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,274
13% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,611
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 53% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.8%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,409
55% below peers
Peer median
$3,116
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 65% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+11.2%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,660
10% above peers
Peer median
$3,314
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 83% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,854
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,854 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $21.5M ÷ population 7,539 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Eagle runs city-owned utilities, which add 24.6% 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

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,117 per resident, 3.3× the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 76% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,854
per resident36% below peers
Money in: Eagle revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,11430% belowpeers $1,593
$7038.4×peers $84
$55413% abovepeers $490
$24676% belowpeers $1,028
$13276% belowpeers $562
$5680% belowpeers $282
$4990% belowpeers $494
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,274
per resident13% below peers
Money out: Eagle spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,1173.3×peers $337
$41953% belowpeers $889
$27238% belowpeers $440
$17474% belowpeers $666
$11577% belowpeers $510
$10719% abovepeers $90
$69No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Eagle 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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Eagle compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
EagleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.6% 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.$2,854$2,274$1,409$1,114$3,660
GypsumUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.2% 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.$2,252$1,221$1,215$849$471
AvonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.5% 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 2.2× the Colorado median.$6,067$2,611$4,481$1,901$3,314
CarbondaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.7% 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.$2,814$2,114$1,751$1,286$90
VailRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 8.6× the Colorado median.$21,953$22,889$16,803$7,389$7,163
Peer median$4,440$2,611$3,116$1,901$3,314

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 $1,610 to FY2023 $4,540.$0$4.3K$8.6K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,608Peer median FY2021: $4,440Peer median FY2023: $8,639Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,610FY2021: $2,854FY2023: $4,540

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, 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$1,610$2,608$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,854$4,440$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$4,540$8,639$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,425 to FY2023 $2,926.$0$6.2K$12.4K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,476Peer median FY2021: $2,611Peer median FY2023: $12,413Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,425FY2021: $2,274FY2023: $2,926. 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 FY2021, FY2023. 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$1,425$1,476$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$2,274$2,611$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$2,926$12,413$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $828 to FY2023 $1,814.$0$2.4K$4.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,097Peer median FY2021: $3,116Peer median FY2023: $4,767Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $828FY2021: $1,409FY2023: $1,814

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, 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$828$2,097$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,409$3,116$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$1,814$4,767$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,367 to FY2023 $3,214.$0$2.8K$5.7K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $994Peer median FY2021: $3,314Peer median FY2023: $5,658Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,367FY2021: $3,660FY2023: $3,214

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in 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$2,367$994$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$3,660$3,314$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$3,214$5,658$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Eagle’s finances

How much revenue does Eagle collect per resident?
Eagle collected $2,854 per resident in FY2021, 15% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Eagle's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Eagle spent $2,274 per resident in FY2021, 13% below the median of its peers: Gypsum, Avon, Carbondale and Vail. See the figure
How much debt does Eagle have per resident?
Eagle carried $3,660 of debt per resident in FY2021, 10% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Eagle compared with?
Eagle is compared with Gypsum, Avon, Carbondale and Vail: 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)
+1.9%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$97.7K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
5.9%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$614.4K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
6.3%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Eagle, 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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