Florence · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Florence, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Fremont County · Southern Colorado · statutory city · Pop. 3,856 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 3,867 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Florence: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Florence collected $1,845 per resident (including city-run utilities), 6% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 56% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 77% below its peers, and 30% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 41% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,845

56% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $4,187
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 53% of the 224 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,749

59% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $4,238
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 50% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$497

77% below peers

Peer median: $2,115
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 37% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,577

41% below peers

Peer median: $6,074
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 88% of the 220 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 · $1,845

Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

1Metric
$1,845 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $7.1M ÷ population 3,867 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C30 State aid
- C46 State aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Florence runs city-owned utilities, which add 47.1% 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
With about 3,867 residents, small changes in Florence's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Part of Florence's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Florence; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $435 per resident, 72% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 76% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,845

per resident56% below peers

Money in: Florence revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$868	$369	2.4× peerspeers $369	47%

Water utility charges $868 · peers $308 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$300	$296	in line with peerspeers $296	16%

State aid $300 · peers $126 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items C30 State aid C46 State aid C89 State aid
	$241	$1,020	76% below peerspeers $1,020	13%

General sales tax $241 · peers $1,020 General sales and use tax. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$169	$683	75% below peerspeers $683	9%

Property tax $169 · peers $683 Property tax levied by the municipality. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$139	$476	71% below peerspeers $476	8%

General government (other) charges $82 · peers $128 Solid waste charges $42 · peers $0 Parks & recreation charges $8 · peers $0 Commercial activities (other) charges $7 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items A03 Commercial activities (other) charges A61 Parks & recreation charges A81 Solid waste charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$87	$154	44% below peerspeers $154	5%

Licenses & permits $73 · peers $82 Other taxes $12 · peers $0 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $1 · peers $42 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T24 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes
	$41	$163	75% below peerspeers $163	2%

Interest earnings $24 · peers $3 Fines & forfeits $17 · peers $11 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,749

per resident59% below peers

Money out: Florence spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$667	$680	in line with peerspeers $680	38%

Water utility $622 · peers $299 incl. $328 construction Solid waste $45 · peers $14 incl. $328 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility F91 Water utility
	$435	$1,557	72% below peerspeers $1,557	25%

General government (other) $251 · peers $978 incl. $251 construction Financial administration $67 · peers $22 Central staff services $61 · peers $147 General public buildings $40 · peers $0 Judicial & legal $15 · peers $29 incl. $251 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings G89 General government (other)
	$320	$726	56% below peerspeers $726	18%

Police $309 · peers $451 Protective inspection & regulation $11 · peers $10 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E62 Police E66 Protective inspection & regulation
	$147	$159	7% below peerspeers $159	8%

Streets & highways $147 · peers $159 incl. $2 construction incl. $2 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E44 Streets & highways G44 Streets & highways
	$123	$209	41% below peerspeers $209	7%

Interest on debt $123 · peers $209 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt I91 Interest on debt
	$42	$186	78% below peerspeers $186	2%

Parks & recreation $42 · peers $44 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$15	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	1%

Commercial activities (other) $15 · peers $0 Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items E03 Commercial activities (other)

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Florence 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Florence compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
FlorenceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 47.1% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,845	$1,749	$497	$241	$3,577
WalsenburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.5% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$4,782	$4,284	$1,616	$447	$6,074
GlendaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.0% of total revenue in FY2016. 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 6.2× the Colorado median.	$6,125	$5,293	$4,606	$3,443	$6,168
SheridanRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.0× the Colorado median.	$3,952	$4,193	$2,614	$1,684	$29,151
EdgewaterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.1% of total revenue in FY2016. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$933	Withheld Edgewater · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 7% of this city's typical level in other years We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Edgewater · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 6% of this city's typical level in other years We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Not reported for this year	$175
TrinidadUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.6% of total revenue in FY2016. 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 1.8× the Colorado median.	$4,187	$3,824	$1,292	$1,020	$830
Peer median	$4,187	$4,238	$2,115	$1,352	$6,074

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

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,845	$4,187	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,567	$5,112	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023	$2,262	$6,486	$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)

Expenditures per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,749	$4,238	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$3,837	$3,924	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023	$1,535	$5,621	$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$497	$2,115	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$652	$2,645	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023	$783	$3,782	$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

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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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,577	$6,074	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$3,532	$3,691	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023	$3,058	$5,491	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Florence’s finances

How much revenue does Florence collect per resident?: Florence collected $1,845 per resident in FY2016, 6% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Florence's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Florence spent $1,749 per resident in FY2016, 59% below the median of its peers: Walsenburg, Glendale, Sheridan, Edgewater and Trinidad. See the figure
How much debt does Florence have per resident?: Florence carried $3,577 of debt per resident in FY2016, 41% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Florence compared with?: Florence is compared with Walsenburg, Glendale, Sheridan, Edgewater and Trinidad: 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): +0.0%/yr; 2016 estimate
Median household income: Not reported for this year
Poverty rate: Not reported for this year
Median home value: Not reported for this year
Housing vacancy rate: Not reported for this year

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Also in Southern Colorado

Walsenburg$8,205 · FY2023
La Veta$1,913 · FY2021
Williamsburg$723 · FY2021
Silver Cliff$1,161 · FY2022
Rockvale$1,222 · FY2021
Westcliffe$2,311 · FY2021
Coal Creek$735 · FY2016
Boone

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Florence · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Florence and its peers

Trends

Questions about Florence’s finances

Community context

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Also in Southern Colorado

Sources

General government is Florence’s largest difference from its peers (72% below the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.