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Edgewater · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

Jefferson County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 4,870 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 4,895 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Edgewater: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2023 in brief

Edgewater collected $2,629 per resident (including city-run utilities), 27% below the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 59% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 49% below its peers, but 13% above the state median.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2023 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,629
59% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$6,486
CO median · 97 with a published figure
$3,580
Position
Higher than 26% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,952
47% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$5,621
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$3,680
Position
Higher than 36% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,949
49% below peers
Peer median
$3,800
CO median · 90 with a published figure
$1,726
Position
Higher than 62% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,629
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,629 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $12.9M ÷ population 4,895 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Edgewater runs city-owned utilities, which add 10.4% 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
  • With about 4,895 residents, small changes in Edgewater's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Edgewater relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2023. Bars show Edgewater; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

The biggest difference from peers is Public safety: $567 per resident, 49% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 27% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,629
per resident59% below peers
Money in: Edgewater revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,86227% belowpeers $2,565
$29250% belowpeers $582
$27337% belowpeers $435
$8677% belowpeers $374
$8482% belowpeers $464
$3295% belowpeers $596
None reported · peers $269$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,952
per resident47% below peers
Money out: Edgewater spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,63521% abovepeers $1,354
$56749% belowpeers $1,122
$48038% belowpeers $775
$27165% belowpeers $770
None reported · peers $218$0None reported
None reported · peers $144$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 reporting

Edgewater 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, FY2023. How peers are chosen

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Edgewater compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
EdgewaterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.4% of total revenue in FY2023. 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.$2,629$2,952$1,949$1,862Not reported for this year
GlendaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.6% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 4.0× the Colorado median.$9,366$8,167$7,601$4,604$2,626
Manitou SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.7% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 1.9× the Colorado median.$6,486$5,576$3,800$2,251$3,819
SheridanUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.4% of total revenue in FY2023. 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.$5,680$5,621$3,782$2,564$24,519
Estes ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 44.3% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 3.5× the Colorado median.$11,394$11,678$4,347$3,994$6,548
FlorenceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 58.7% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,262$1,535$783$491$3,058
Peer median$6,486$5,621$3,800$2,564Not 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 $933 to FY2023 $2,629.$0$3.2K$6.5K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $2,111Peer median FY2021: $5,112Peer median FY2023: $6,486Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $933FY2021: $2,820FY2023: $2,629

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$933$2,111$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,820$5,112$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$2,629$6,486$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $2,654 to FY2023 $2,952. 1 year withheld.$0$2.8K$5.6K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $4,291Peer median FY2023: $5,621Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $2,654FY2023: $2,952. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 7% of this city's typical level in other years

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.

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 7% of this city's typical level in other years

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
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 7% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$2,654$4,291$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$2,952$5,621$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $1,731 to FY2023 $1,949. 1 year withheld.$0$1.9K$3.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $3,411Peer median FY2023: $3,800Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,731FY2023: $1,949FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 6% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 6% of this city's typical level in other years

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
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 6% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,731$3,411$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$1,949$3,800$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $175 to FY2021 $140.$0$1.9K$3.9K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,847Peer median FY2021: $3,886Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $175FY2021: $140

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$175$1,847$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$140$3,886$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023———

Questions about Edgewater’s finances

How much revenue does Edgewater collect per resident?
Edgewater collected $2,629 per resident in FY2023, 27% below the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Edgewater's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Edgewater spent $2,952 per resident in FY2023, 47% below the median of its peers: Glendale, Manitou Springs, Sheridan, Estes Park and Florence. See the figure
Which cities is Edgewater compared with?
Edgewater is compared with Glendale, Manitou Springs, Sheridan, Estes Park and Florence: 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)
−2.0%/yr
2023 estimate
Median household income
$74.3K
2023 estimate
Poverty rate
9.4%
2023 estimate
Median home value
$603.4K
2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
9.1%
2023 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Edgewater, 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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