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Eaton · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 5,848 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 5,876 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Eaton: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Eaton collected $1,473 per resident (including city-run utilities), 41% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 53% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 92% below peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 29% of the peer 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)

$1,473
53% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,154
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 20% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$358
92% below peers
Peer median
$4,216
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 15% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−19.7%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,473
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,473 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $8.7M ÷ population 5,876 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U30 Fines & forfeits

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Eaton runs city-owned utilities, which add 25.9% 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 Eaton; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Intergovernmental: none reported, against a peer median of $128 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$1,473
per resident53% below peers
Money in: Eaton revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$38218% belowpeers $464
$292in line withpeers $286
$27113% abovepeers $240
None reported · peers $128$0None reported
Withheldpeers $774
Withheldpeers $460
Withheldpeers $105
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Eaton’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Eaton 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

Open in Compare
Eaton compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
EatonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.9% 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.$1,473$387$358
DaconoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.5% 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.$2,303$2,833$948$393$4,422
Mead$3,154$2,391$1,839$774$299
Estes ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.6% 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 4.2× the Colorado median.$9,298$9,364$3,952$3,638$7,026
LochbuieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.8% 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.$1,799$790$409$255$663
Fort LuptonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.6% 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.$4,875$3,568$2,287$1,061$4,216
Peer median$3,154Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$774$4,216

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 $1,046 to FY2021 $1,473.$0$1.6K$3.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,000Peer median FY2021: $3,154Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,046FY2021: $1,473

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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$1,046$2,000$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,473$3,154$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,037. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,357Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,037FY2021: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 13% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 13% of the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,037$1,357$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 13% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $366. 1 year withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $787Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $366FY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$366$787$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 29% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,074 to FY2021 $358.$0$2.1K$4.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $558Peer median FY2021: $4,216Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,074FY2021: $358

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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$1,074$558$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$358$4,216$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Eaton’s finances

How much revenue does Eaton collect per resident?
Eaton collected $1,473 per resident in FY2021, 41% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How much debt does Eaton have per resident?
Eaton carried $358 of debt per resident in FY2021, 92% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Eaton compared with?
Eaton is compared with Dacono, Mead, Estes Park, Lochbuie and Fort Lupton: 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
2021 estimate
Median household income
$93.5K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
3.7%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$349.2K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
8.1%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Eaton, 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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