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Georgetown · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Clear Creek County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory territorial charter municipality · Pop. 1,217 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 1,058 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2021). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Georgetown: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Georgetown collected $2,819 per resident (including city-run utilities), 61% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 37% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 80% above peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 25% of the peer median

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)

$2,819
37% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$4,466
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 74% 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)

$3,153
51% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$6,457
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 76% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$4,659
80% above peers
Peer median
$2,583
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 92% 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 · $2,819
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,819 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $3M ÷ population 1,058 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C80 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D80 Local government aid
    • D91 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Georgetown runs city-owned utilities, which add 28.4% 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
  • With about 1,058 residents, small changes in Georgetown's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Parks, libraries & community: $57 per resident, 96% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 2.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,819
per resident37% below peers
Money in: Georgetown revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$8022.1×peers $385
$73632% abovepeers $558
$31830% abovepeers $244
$6554% belowpeers $143
Withheld
Withheld
Withheld
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,153
per resident51% below peers
Money out: Georgetown spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,10234% belowpeers $1,679
$94827% belowpeers $1,291
$48451% belowpeers $991
$2002.2×peers $92
$5796% belowpeers $1,396
Withheldpeers $1,273
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Georgetown 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

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Georgetown compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
GeorgetownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.4% 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.$2,819$3,153$668$4,659
DillonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.5% 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.$11,299$10,677$12,496
Winter Park$10,509$10,124$8,067
OurayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.6% 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 1.7× the Colorado median.$4,466$4,555$1,809$932$767
FraserUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.1× the Colorado median.$3,408$2,965$2,056$1,742$2,297
Mt. Crested ButteRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.5× the Colorado median.$3,931$6,457$1,924$2,583
Peer median$4,466$6,457Benchmark unavailable$1,742$2,583

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
FY2016 $2,819 to FY2021 $4,210.$0$2.2K$4.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $4,466Peer median FY2021: $3,247Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,819FY2021: $4,210

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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$2,819$4,466$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$4,210$3,247$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,153 to FY2021 $2,725.$0$3.2K$6.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $6,457Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,153FY2021: $2,725

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,153$6,457$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$2,725Benchmark unavailable$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $2,132. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.1K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $2,053Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $2,132FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 25% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 25% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 25% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$2,132$2,053$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $4,659 to FY2021 $3,273.$0$2.3K$4.7K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,583Peer median FY2021: $175Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $4,659FY2021: $3,273

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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$4,659$2,583$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$3,273$175$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Georgetown’s finances

How much revenue does Georgetown collect per resident?
Georgetown collected $2,819 per resident in FY2016, 61% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Georgetown's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Georgetown spent $3,153 per resident in FY2016, 51% below the median of its peers: Dillon, Winter Park, Ouray, Fraser and Mt. Crested Butte. See the figure
How much debt does Georgetown have per resident?
Georgetown carried $4,659 of debt per resident in FY2016, 80% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Georgetown compared with?
Georgetown is compared with Dillon, Winter Park, Ouray, Fraser and Mt. Crested Butte: 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
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: Georgetown, CO municipal finance benchmarks

Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Please credit “Source: Orivian Municipal Index, orivian.ai/benchmarks”. See the data use terms.

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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