Gilcrest · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Gilcrest, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 1,017 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,018 · Census finance data FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Gilcrest: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Gilcrest collected $1,696 per resident (including city-run utilities), 31% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 14% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 28% below its peers, and 42% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 48% 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)

$1,696

14% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,968
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 27% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,068

31% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,541
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 11% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$620

28% below peers

Peer median: $858
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 22% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$632

48% below peers

Peer median: $1,223
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 26% 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 · $1,696

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,696 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $1.7M ÷ population 1,018 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer 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
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  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

Gilcrest runs city-owned utilities, which add 12.0% 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 1,018 residents, small changes in Gilcrest's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Gilcrest; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $359 per resident, 56% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 63% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,696

per resident14% below peers

Money in: Gilcrest revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$405	$439	8% below peerspeers $439	24%

Sewer charges $288 · peers $304 General government (other) charges $117 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$373	$203	83% above peerspeers $203	22%

State aid $237 · peers $64 Local government aid $137 · peers $0 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$279	$325	14% below peerspeers $325	16%

Property tax $279 · peers $325 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$203	$414	51% below peerspeers $414	12%

Water utility charges $203 · peers $414 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$199	$537	63% below peerspeers $537	12%

General sales tax $199 · peers $537 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$141	$57	2.5× peerspeers $57	8%

Other taxes $88 · peers $0 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $30 · peers $18 Licenses & permits $23 · peers $13 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T29 Licenses & permits T99 Other taxes
	$95	$96	in line with peerspeers $96	6%

Fines & forfeits $70 · peers $0 Miscellaneous $23 · peers $64 Interest earnings $3 · peers $1 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U99 Miscellaneous

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,068

per resident31% below peers

Money out: Gilcrest spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$409	$334	22% above peerspeers $334	38%

General government (other) $409 · peers $175 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other)
	$359	$818	56% below peerspeers $818	34%

Water utility $189 · peers $540 Sewer $157 · peers $238 Natural resources $13 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E59 Natural resources E80 Sewer E91 Water utility
Peer median unavailable	$152	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	14%

Police $152 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$80	$154	48% below peerspeers $154	7%

Parks & recreation $80 · peers $119 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$41	$0	No peer comparisonpeers $0	4%

Health $41 · peers $0 Health, hospitals and public welfare. Census line items E32 Health
	$28	$50	45% below peerspeers $50	3%

Interest on debt $28 · peers $50 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
None reported · peers $40	$0	$40	None reported	0%

Gilcrest reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Gilcrest 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

Open in Compare

Gilcrest compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
GilcrestUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.0% 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.	$1,696	$1,068	$620	$199	$632
PierceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.6% 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.	$2,023	$1,720	$773	$392	$49
KerseyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.3% 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.	$2,476	$1,363	$1,014	$681	$665
Deer TrailUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.4% 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.	$1,174	$1,155	Withheld Deer Trail · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 15% of the peer median 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	$1,781
La VetaUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.7% 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.	$1,913	Withheld La Veta · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 5.9x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$858	$699	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$1,968	$1,541	$858	$690	$1,223

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2021	$1,696	$1,968	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2021	$1,068	$1,541	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2021	$620	$858	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2021	$632	$1,223	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Gilcrest’s finances

How much revenue does Gilcrest collect per resident?: Gilcrest collected $1,696 per resident in FY2021, 31% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Gilcrest's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Gilcrest spent $1,068 per resident in FY2021, 31% below the median of its peers: Pierce, Kersey, Deer Trail and La Veta. See the figure
How much debt does Gilcrest have per resident?: Gilcrest carried $632 of debt per resident in FY2021, 48% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Gilcrest compared with?: Gilcrest is compared with Pierce, Kersey, Deer Trail and La Veta: 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): −2.6%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $62.7K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 13.9%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $227.8K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 8.9%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Northern Front Range

Pierce$2,023 · FY2021
Nunn$2,471 · FY2021
Kersey$2,476 · FY2021
Hudson$2,074 · FY2016
Grover$1,325 · FY2021
Raymer$361 · FY2021
Keenesburg$6,132 · FY2021
La Salle$3,155 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - 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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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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Gilcrest · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 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

Gilcrest and its peers

Trends

Questions about Gilcrest’s finances

Community context

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Also in Northern Front Range

Sources

Utilities & environment is Gilcrest’s largest difference from its peers (56% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.