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Erie · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

Boulder, Weld counties · Denver Metro · statutory town · Pop. 40,904 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 35,366 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

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

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FY2023 in brief

Erie collected $4,614 per resident (including city-run utilities), 29% above the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 92% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 21% below its peers, and 33% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 2.6× peers.

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)

$4,614
92% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,399
CO median · 97 with a published figure
$3,580
Position
Higher than 65% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,371
48% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,613
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$3,680
Position
Higher than 2% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−4.9%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,162
21% below peers
Peer median
$1,476
CO median · 90 with a published figure
$1,726
Position
Higher than 29% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.7%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,840
2.6× peers
Peer median
$1,496
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$2,130
Position
Higher than 74% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+5.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $4,614
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $4,614 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $163.2M ÷ population 35,366 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U41 Royalties
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Erie runs city-owned utilities, which add 25.4% 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
  • Debt per resident is 2.6× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is General government: none reported, against a peer median of $757 per resident. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 6.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$4,614
per resident92% above peers
Money in: Erie revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,2862.6×peers $495
$1,1746.1×peers $193
$85113% belowpeers $978
$5773.0×peers $194
$41578% abovepeers $234
$2657% abovepeers $249
$4679% belowpeers $217
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,371
per resident48% below peers
Money out: Erie spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$63134% belowpeers $955
$3736% belowpeers $398
$27639% belowpeers $455
$822.4×peers $35
$897% belowpeers $254
None reported · peers $757$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 reporting

Erie 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

Open in Compare
Erie compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
ErieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.4% 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.$4,614$1,371$1,162$851$3,840
LafayetteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.8% 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.$3,162$3,810$1,368$891$1,856
EnglewoodUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.6% 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.$3,580$3,023$1,813$1,260$1,496
Wheat Ridge$2,104$2,189$1,495$1,138$1,888
WindsorUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.0% 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.$2,142$2,613$965$708$674
Littleton$2,399$2,069$1,476$978$91
Peer median$2,399$2,613$1,476$978$1,496

Utilities marks a municipality whose revenue and spending include city-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit), which raises its per-resident totals.

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 $2,455 to FY2023 $4,614.$0$2.3K$4.6K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,989Peer median FY2018: $2,590Peer median FY2019: $2,657Peer median FY2020: $2,396Peer median FY2021: $2,720Peer median FY2022: $2,725Peer median FY2023: $2,399Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,455FY2018: $3,256FY2019: $3,213FY2020: $2,873FY2021: $4,027FY2022: $3,968FY2023: $4,614

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, 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$2,455$2,989$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$3,256$2,590$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,213$2,657$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,873$2,396$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$4,027$2,720$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$3,968$2,725$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$4,614$2,399$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,593 to FY2023 $1,371.$0$1.6K$3.2K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $3,223Peer median FY2018: $2,338Peer median FY2019: $2,219Peer median FY2020: $2,344Peer median FY2021: $2,021Peer median FY2022: $2,894Peer median FY2023: $2,613Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,593FY2018: $1,761FY2019: $1,826FY2020: $1,701FY2021: $2,721FY2022: $2,809. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $1,371. 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 FY2018, FY2019, 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$1,593$3,223$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$1,761$2,338$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,826$2,219$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,701$2,344$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,721$2,021$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$2,809$2,894$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,371$2,613$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $692 to FY2023 $1,162.$0$815.7$1.6K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,327Peer median FY2018: $1,285Peer median FY2019: $1,222Peer median FY2020: $1,184Peer median FY2021: $1,390Peer median FY2022: $1,631Peer median FY2023: $1,476Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $692FY2018: $1,017FY2019: $1,028FY2020: $1,022FY2021: $1,199FY2022: $1,247FY2023: $1,162

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, 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$692$1,327$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$1,017$1,285$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,028$1,222$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,022$1,184$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,199$1,390$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$1,247$1,631$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,162$1,476$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $3,656 to FY2023 $3,840.$0$1.9K$3.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,071Peer median FY2018: $1,187Peer median FY2019: $1,026Peer median FY2020: $913Peer median FY2021: $2,022Peer median FY2022: $1,954Peer median FY2023: $1,496Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,656FY2018: $2,888FY2019: $2,581FY2020: $2,293FY2021: $2,320FY2022: $2,068FY2023: $3,840

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, 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$3,656$1,071$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$2,888$1,187$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,581$1,026$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,293$913$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,320$2,022$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$2,068$1,954$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$3,840$1,496$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Erie’s finances

How much revenue does Erie collect per resident?
Erie collected $4,614 per resident in FY2023, 29% above the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Erie's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Erie spent $1,371 per resident in FY2023, 48% below the median of its peers: Lafayette, Englewood, Wheat Ridge, Windsor and Littleton. See the figure
How much debt does Erie have per resident?
Erie carried $3,840 of debt per resident in FY2023, 2.6× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Erie compared with?
Erie is compared with Lafayette, Englewood, Wheat Ridge, Windsor and Littleton: 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)
+5.4%/yr
2023 estimate
Median household income
$163.6K
2023 estimate
Poverty rate
3.0%
2023 estimate
Median home value
$685.9K
2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
1.6%
2023 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Erie, 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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