Glendale · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Glendale, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Arapahoe County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 4,475 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 4,565 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Glendale: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Glendale collected $8,623 per resident (including city-run utilities), 3.5× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 2.3× its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 3.7× its peers, and 6.0× the state median. Debt per resident runs 10% above peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 5.0× 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)

$8,623

2.3× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $3,713
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 94% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +7.1%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$7,771

2.0× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $3,837
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 94% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +8.0%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$6,474

3.7× peers

Peer median: $1,731
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 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 97% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +7.0%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,886

10% above peers

Peer median: $3,532
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 85% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −8.8%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $8,623

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$8,623 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $39.4M ÷ population 4,565 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- 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

Glendale 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 4,565 residents, small changes in Glendale'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 Glendale; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 5.0× 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: $2,122 per resident, 18.3× the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 2.7× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$8,623

per resident2.3× peers

Money in: Glendale 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
	$4,337	$1,616	2.7× peerspeers $1,616	50%

General sales tax $4,337 · peers $1,616 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$1,332	$186	7.2× peerspeers $186	15%

Property tax $1,332 · peers $186 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$1,245	$370	3.4× peerspeers $370	14%

General government (other) charges $745 · peers $0 Sewer charges $262 · peers $109 Parks & recreation charges $238 · peers $9 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$806	$111	7.3× peerspeers $111	9%

Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $498 · peers $50 Licenses & permits $308 · peers $45 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits
	$385	$358	8% above peerspeers $358	4%

Water utility charges $385 · peers $358 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$340	$551	38% below peerspeers $551	4%

State aid $340 · peers $131 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid
	$178	$66	2.7× peerspeers $66	2%

Interest earnings $131 · peers $1 Miscellaneous $46 · peers $54 Fines & forfeits $2 · peers $7 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 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$7,771

per resident2.0× peers

Money out: Glendale 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
	$3,055	$1,203	2.5× peerspeers $1,203	39%

General government (other) $2,154 · peers $1,009 incl. $113 construction Financial administration $846 · peers $22 Judicial & legal $55 · peers $3 incl. $113 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$2,122	$116	18.3× peerspeers $116	27%

Parks & recreation $2,021 · peers $89 Housing & community development $100 · peers $0 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E50 Housing & community development E61 Parks & recreation
	$1,906	$615	3.1× peerspeers $615	25%

Police $1,906 · peers $407 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$485	$755	36% below peerspeers $755	6%

Water utility $316 · peers $522 incl. $15 construction Sewer $170 · peers $95 incl. $20 construction incl. $35 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E91 Water utility F80 Sewer F91 Water utility
	$203	$119	70% above peerspeers $119	3%

Interest on debt $203 · peers $119 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $67	$0	$67	None reported	0%

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Glendale 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

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Glendale compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
GlendaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.0× the Colorado median.	$8,623	$7,771	$6,474	$4,337	$3,886
EdgewaterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.	$2,820	$2,654	$1,731	$1,616	$140
Manitou SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.0% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.1× the Colorado median.	$5,112	$3,448	$2,888	$1,827	$959
BennettUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.0% 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.	$3,713	$3,924	$1,198	$990	$3,691
SheridanUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.4% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.7× the Colorado median.	$4,704	$4,291	$3,411	$2,300	$26,494
FlorenceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 44.8% 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.	$1,567	$3,837	$652	$435	$3,532
Peer median	$3,713	$3,837	$1,731	$1,616	$3,532

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, FY2020, 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	$6,125	$2,000	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018	$6,663	$4,032	$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$7,129	$3,923	$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$7,636	$4,085	$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$8,623	$3,713	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022	$10,059	$5,096	$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	$9,366	$5,680	$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, FY2020, 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	$5,293	$1,700	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018	$5,758	$3,579	$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$6,279	$3,643	$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$6,885	$4,259	$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$7,771	$3,837	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022	$8,199	$4,786	$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	$8,167	$5,576	$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, 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	$4,606	$1,244	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018	$5,371	$1,668	$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$5,785	$1,441	$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$5,707	$2,312	$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$6,474	$1,731	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022	$7,590	$2,025	$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	$7,601	$3,782	$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	$6,168	$605	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018	$4,352	$2,860	$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$3,535	$4,871	$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$5,000	$5,094	$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$3,886	$3,532	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022	$3,276	$7,012	$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	$2,626	$5,183	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Glendale’s finances

How much revenue does Glendale collect per resident?: Glendale collected $8,623 per resident in FY2021, 3.5× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Glendale's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Glendale spent $7,771 per resident in FY2021, 2.0× the median of its peers: Edgewater, Manitou Springs, Bennett, Sheridan and Florence. See the figure
How much debt does Glendale have per resident?: Glendale carried $3,886 of debt per resident in FY2021, 10% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Glendale compared with?: Glendale is compared with Edgewater, Manitou Springs, Bennett, Sheridan and Florence: 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: $63.7K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 14.0%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $263.6K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 9.5%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Denver Metro

Bennett$4,690 · FY2022
Edgewater$2,629 · FY2023
Sheridan$5,680 · FY2023
Cherry Hills Village$6,787 · FY2023
Lyons$5,905 · FY2023
Deer Trail$1,174 · FY2021
Columbine Valley$3,075 · FY2021
Nederland$3,649 · FY2021

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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Glendale · 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

Glendale and its peers

Trends

Questions about Glendale’s finances

Community context

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Also in Denver Metro

Sources

Parks, libraries & community is Glendale’s largest difference from its peers (18.3× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.