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Frederick · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 18,241 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 9,762 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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

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FY2016 in brief

Frederick collected $2,087 per resident (including city-run utilities), 20% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 36% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 12% below its peers, but 6% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 9% above peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,087
36% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,534
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 60% 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)

$1,691
in line with CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 49% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$748
12% below peers
Peer median
$854
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 53% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$651
9% above peers
Peer median
$595
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 37% 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 · $2,087
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,087 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $20.4M ÷ population 9,762 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • B80 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C80 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U41 Royalties
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Frederick runs city-owned utilities, which add 40.2% 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, FY2016. Bars show Frederick; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: $840 per resident, 2.9× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$2,087
per resident36% above peers
Money in: Frederick revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$8402.9×peers $287
$4718% belowpeers $510
$27919% abovepeers $234
$15856% belowpeers $360
$11987% abovepeers $64
$11412% belowpeers $130
$10741% belowpeers $181
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,691
per resident
Money out: Frederick spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$583No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$332No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$306No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$270No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$173No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$27No peer comparison
None reported$0None reported
None reported$0None reported
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Frederick 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
Frederick compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
FrederickUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 40.2% 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.$2,087$1,691$748$471$651
FirestoneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.7% 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.$1,534$748$510$378
JohnstownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.2% 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.$1,869$1,218$539Not reported for this year
WellingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.$1,178Not reported for this year$221
MillikenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.3% 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.$1,113$943$536$186$811
Fort LuptonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.7% 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.$2,287$1,868$960$526$2,000
Peer median$1,534Benchmark unavailable$854$518$595

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 $2,087 to FY2023 $1,796.$0$2.2K$4.3K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,534Peer median FY2021: $3,797Peer median FY2023: $4,307Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,087FY2021: $2,036FY2023: $1,796

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$2,087$1,534$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,036$3,797$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$1,796$4,307$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,691 to FY2023 $2,194.$0$2K$4K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $3,071Peer median FY2023: $3,953Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,691FY2021: $1,310FY2023: $2,194. 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 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
FY2016$1,691Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,310$3,071$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$2,194$3,953$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $748 to FY2023 $1,290.$0$1K$2.1K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $854Peer median FY2021: $1,563Peer median FY2023: $2,069Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $748FY2021: $949FY2023: $1,290

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$748$854$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$949$1,563$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$1,290$2,069$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $651 to FY2023 $170.$0$1.6K$3.3K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $595Peer median FY2021: $3,105Peer median FY2023: $3,263Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $651FY2021: $277FY2023: $170

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$651$595$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$277$3,105$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$170$3,263$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Frederick’s finances

How much revenue does Frederick collect per resident?
Frederick collected $2,087 per resident in FY2016, 20% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Frederick's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Frederick spent $1,691 per resident in FY2016, in line with the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Frederick have per resident?
Frederick carried $651 of debt per resident in FY2016, 9% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Frederick compared with?
Frederick is compared with Firestone, Johnstown, Wellington, Milliken 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)
+2.0%/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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Sources

Dataset: Frederick, 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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