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Evans · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · home rule municipality · Pop. 22,500 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 22,349 · Census finance data FY2016–FY2023

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

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FY2021 in brief

Evans collected $1,766 per resident (including city-run utilities), 29% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 48% below its peers, and 26% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 38% below 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)

$1,766
37% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,786
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 29% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+1.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,681
37% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,682
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 35% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.0%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$798
48% below peers
Peer median
$1,535
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 32% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+4.8%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,939
38% below peers
Peer median
$3,105
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 63% of the 199 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 · $1,766
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,766 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $39.5M ÷ population 22,349 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • 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.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Evans runs city-owned utilities, which add 19.1% 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 Evans; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $711 per resident, 38% below the peer median. On the revenue side, property tax is 91% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,766
per resident37% below peers
Money in: Evans revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$64925% belowpeers $861
$34173% abovepeers $196
$33725% abovepeers $269
$15465% belowpeers $436
$13619% belowpeers $168
$1106% abovepeers $103
$4091% belowpeers $430
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,681
per resident37% below peers
Money out: Evans spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$71138% belowpeers $1,138
$30439% belowpeers $500
$27329% belowpeers $387
$207No peer comparisonpeers $0
$104in line withpeers $104
$8118% belowpeers $98
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Evans 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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Evans compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
EvansUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.1% 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.$1,766$1,681$798$649$1,939
GoldenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.8% 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.$3,282$3,075$1,878$1,243$987
JohnstownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.5% 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.$3,601$1,563$902$3,105
FirestoneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.8% 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.$2,786$3,903$1,535$758$4,612
Fountain$1,228$2,288$979$789$4,141
NorthglennUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.9% 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.$2,426$1,441$1,044$861$2,330
Peer median$2,786$2,682$1,535$861$3,105

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 $1,605 to FY2023 $2,368.$0$1.7K$3.4K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,770Peer median FY2017: $2,278Peer median FY2018: $2,474Peer median FY2019: $2,118Peer median FY2020: $2,402Peer median FY2021: $2,786Peer median FY2022: $2,896Peer median FY2023: $3,389Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,605FY2017: $1,611FY2018: $1,764FY2019: $1,787FY2020: $1,876FY2021: $1,766FY2022: $1,853FY2023: $2,368

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, 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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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,605$1,770$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2017$1,611$2,278$2,694 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$1,764$2,474$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,787$2,118$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,876$2,402$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,766$2,786$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$1,853$2,896$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,368$3,389$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,198 to FY2023 $2,002.$0$1.7K$3.3K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,032Peer median FY2017: $1,974Peer median FY2018: $2,338Peer median FY2019: $2,242Peer median FY2020: $2,261Peer median FY2021: $2,682Peer median FY2022: $2,334Peer median FY2023: $3,302Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,198FY2017: $1,212FY2018: $1,860FY2019: $1,914FY2020: $1,912FY2021: $1,681FY2022: $1,803. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $2,002. 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 FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, 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$1,198$2,032$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2017$1,212$1,974$2,663 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$1,860$2,338$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,914$2,242$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,912$2,261$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,681$2,682$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,803$2,334$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,002$3,302$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $630 to FY2023 $1,109.$0$815.7$1.6K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $905Peer median FY2017: $1,047Peer median FY2018: $1,207Peer median FY2019: $1,110Peer median FY2020: $1,184Peer median FY2021: $1,535Peer median FY2022: $1,631Peer median FY2023: $1,156Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $630FY2017: $649FY2018: $557FY2019: $583FY2020: $628FY2021: $798FY2022: $862FY2023: $1,109

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, 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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$630$905$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017$649$1,047$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$557$1,207$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$583$1,110$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$628$1,184$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$798$1,535$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$862$1,631$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,109$1,156$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2018 $1,817 to FY2023 $1,724.$0$1.6K$3.1K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2018: $1,116Peer median FY2019: $1,311Peer median FY2020: $1,052Peer median FY2021: $3,105Peer median FY2022: $2,052Peer median FY2023: $2,863Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2018: $1,817FY2019: $1,770FY2020: $1,798FY2021: $1,939FY2022: $1,829FY2023: $1,724

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in 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———
FY2017———
FY2018$1,817$1,116$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,770$1,311$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,798$1,052$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,939$3,105$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$1,829$2,052$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,724$2,863$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Evans’s finances

How much revenue does Evans collect per resident?
Evans collected $1,766 per resident in FY2021, 29% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Evans's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Evans spent $1,681 per resident in FY2021, 37% below the median of its peers: Golden, Johnstown, Firestone, Fountain and Northglenn. See the figure
How much debt does Evans have per resident?
Evans carried $1,939 of debt per resident in FY2021, 38% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Evans compared with?
Evans is compared with Golden, Johnstown, Firestone, Fountain and Northglenn: 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)
+1.3%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$65.2K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
17.7%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$259K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
2.2%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Evans, 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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