Frisco · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Frisco, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Summit County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 2,792 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 2,829 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

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

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Fiscal yearCompare

FY2023 in brief

Frisco collected $10,679 per resident (including city-run utilities), 3.0× the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 46% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits in line with its peers, but 3.5× the state median. Debt per resident runs 11% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 4.2× the Colorado median.

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)

$10,679

46% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $19,796
CO median · 97 with a published figure Median of the 97 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $3,580
Position: Higher than 88% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +9.0%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$12,211

in line with peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $12,413
CO median · 91 with a published figure Median of the 91 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $3,680
Position: Higher than 90% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +26.0%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$6,113

in line with peers

Peer median: $5,889
CO median · 90 with a published figure Median of the 90 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,726
Position: Higher than 89% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +6.5%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$5,230

11% below peers

Peer median: $5,903
CO median · 91 with a published figure Median of the 91 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,130
Position: Higher than 80% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +41.8%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $10,679

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$10,679 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $30.2M ÷ population 2,829 (2023 estimate)
3Census line items
- A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
- A50 Housing & community development charges
- A60 Parking charges
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T10 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T99 Other taxes
- U11 Sale of property
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U41 Royalties
- U50 Private donations
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2023
  Survey file
  2024
  The 2024 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 is FY2023.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2023
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Frisco runs city-owned utilities, which add 4.5% 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 2,829 residents, small changes in Frisco's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 4.2× 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 Parks, libraries & community: $8,258 per resident, 3.8× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 2.7× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$10,679

per resident46% below peers

Money in: Frisco revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$4,850	$4,648	in line with peerspeers $4,648	45%

General sales tax $4,850 · peers $4,648 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$1,976	$737	2.7× peerspeers $737	19%

State aid $1,867 · peers $104 Local government aid $109 · peers $214 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$1,830	$2,597	30% below peerspeers $2,597	17%

Parks & recreation charges $1,308 · peers $0 General government (other) charges $218 · peers $45 Commercial activities (other) charges $139 · peers $0 Housing & community development charges $113 · peers $472 Parking charges $53 · peers $203 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A03 Commercial activities (other) charges A50 Housing & community development charges A60 Parking charges A61 Parks & recreation charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$1,190	$1,188	in line with peerspeers $1,188	11%

Other taxes $846 · peers $382 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $200 · peers $77 Licenses & permits $144 · peers $395 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T10 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T20 Licenses & permits T24 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes
	$483	$663	27% below peerspeers $663	5%

Water utility charges $483 · peers $663 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$277	$891	69% below peerspeers $891	3%

Interest earnings $224 · peers $839 Sale of property $30 · peers $0 Fines & forfeits $17 · peers $29 Royalties $4 · peers $0 Private donations $2 · peers $16 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U11 Sale of property U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U41 Royalties U50 Private donations
	$73	$846	91% below peerspeers $846	1%

Property tax $73 · peers $846 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$12,211

per residentin line with peers

Money out: Frisco spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$8,258	$2,168	3.8× peerspeers $2,168	68%

Housing & community development $6,300 · peers $1,393 incl. $2,316 construction Parks & recreation $1,958 · peers $1,155 incl. $543 construction incl. $2,859 construction Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E50 Housing & community development E61 Parks & recreation F50 Housing & community development F61 Parks & recreation
	$1,983	$5,472	64% below peerspeers $5,472	16%

General government (other) $1,174 · peers $4,766 incl. $132 construction Central staff services $317 · peers $938 Financial administration $294 · peers $357 General public buildings $197 · peers $512 incl. $132 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$849	$854	in line with peerspeers $854	7%

Police $849 · peers $854 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$625	$1,233	49% below peerspeers $1,233	5%

Water utility $625 · peers $808 incl. $108 construction incl. $108 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E91 Water utility F91 Water utility
	$393	$2,051	81% below peerspeers $2,051	3%

Streets & highways $393 · peers $809 incl. $51 construction incl. $51 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways F44 Streets & highways
	$103	$103	in line with peerspeers $103	1%

Interest on debt $103 · peers $103 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 reporting

Frisco 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

Frisco compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
FriscoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.5% 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 4.2× the Colorado median.	$10,679	$12,211	$6,113	$4,850	$5,230
Snowmass VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.8× the Colorado median.	$19,796	$17,473	$12,982	$6,711	$3,319
TellurideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.1% 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.	$22,046	$9,710	$5,889	$4,648	$24,791
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.3% 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 3.0× the Colorado median.	$7,075	$7,786	$4,404	$3,466	$2,366
VailRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 9.1× the Colorado median.	$28,156	$25,065	$19,515	$10,490	$8,486
SilverthorneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.7% 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 2.9× the Colorado median.	$8,639	$12,413	$4,551	$3,363	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$19,796	$12,413	$5,889	$4,648	$5,903

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 FY2018, FY2019, 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$6,224	$6,249	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018	$6,941	$12,229	$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$7,635	$10,413	$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$8,532	$10,373	$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$9,125	$8,847	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022	$9,411	$18,166	$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	$10,679	$19,796	$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 FY2018, FY2019, 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$5,341	$5,795	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018	$3,853	$10,992	$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$6,359	$9,662	$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$5,988	$9,555	$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$6,629	$6,709	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022	$10,117	$16,020	$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	$12,211	$12,413	$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$2,451	$1,182	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018	$4,453	$5,961	$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$3,961	$7,488	$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$5,171	$7,451	$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$6,781	$4,504	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022	$6,384	$10,311	$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	$6,113	$5,889	$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,139	$2,483	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018	$912	$3,950	$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$3,597	$7,127	$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$1,885	$7,736	$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$1,832	$837	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022	$2,816	$14,029	$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	$5,230	$5,903	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Frisco’s finances

How much revenue does Frisco collect per resident?: Frisco collected $10,679 per resident in FY2023, 3.0× the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Frisco's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Frisco spent $12,211 per resident in FY2023, in line with the median of its peers: Snowmass Village, Telluride, Granby, Vail and Silverthorne. See the figure
How much debt does Frisco have per resident?: Frisco carried $5,230 of debt per resident in FY2023, 11% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Frisco compared with?: Frisco is compared with Snowmass Village, Telluride, Granby, Vail and Silverthorne: 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): −0.6%/yr; 2023 estimate
Median household income: $113.4K; 2023 estimate
Poverty rate: 1.1%; 2023 estimate
Median home value: $839.5K; 2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 60.2%; 2023 estimate

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Leadville
Snowmass Village$19,796 · FY2023
Telluride$22,046 · FY2023
Granby$7,075 · FY2023
Buena Vista$2,987 · FY2021
Hayden$2,383 · FY2021
Idaho Springs$3,956 · FY2021
Crested Butte$14,925 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2019-2023 · 2023
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2019-2023 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File · 2024 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Frisco · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2023 in brief

FY2023 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

Frisco and its peers

Trends

Questions about Frisco’s finances

Community context

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Sources

Parks, libraries & community is Frisco’s largest difference from its peers (3.8× the peer median in FY2023). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.