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Granby · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Grand County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 2,392 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 2,052 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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

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FY2016 in brief

Granby collected $3,433 per resident (including city-run utilities), 97% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 67% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 3.2× the state median. Debt per resident runs 4.3× peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.4× the Colorado 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)

$3,433
67% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$10,329
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 83% 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)

$2,944
70% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$9,763
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 73% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,283
3.2× CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 93% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$4,462
4.3× peers
Peer median
$1,039
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 91% 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 · $3,433
Includes Census estimates for 100% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $3,433 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $7M ÷ population 2,052 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C79 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T16 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Granby runs city-owned utilities, which add 13.0% 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 2,052 residents, small changes in Granby's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 4.3× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.
  • Part of Granby's FY2016 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.4× 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 General government: $800 per resident, 78% below the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 82% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,433
per resident67% below peers
Money in: Granby revenue 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$1,320No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$877No peer comparison
$446in line withpeers $435
$32882% belowpeers $1,848
$30033% belowpeers $451
Peer median unavailable$86No peer comparison
$7690% belowpeers $733
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,944
per resident70% below peers
Money out: Granby spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$83724% belowpeers $1,095
$80078% belowpeers $3,580
$44840% belowpeers $750
$34278% belowpeers $1,573
$33478% belowpeers $1,519
$18318% abovepeers $155
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Granby 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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Granby compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.0% 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 2.4× the Colorado median.$3,433$2,944$2,283$1,320$4,462
TellurideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 5.4% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.7× the Colorado median.$10,329$10,695$6,523$2,074$16,610
Snowmass VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 7.5× the Colorado median.$11,120$9,763$4,175$3,312
Crested ButteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.0% 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 3.2× the Colorado median.$6,175$5,624$3,602$1,768$1,039
Peer median$10,329$9,763Benchmark unavailable$1,921$1,039

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 $3,433 to FY2023 $7,075.$0$8.7K$17.4K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $10,329Peer median FY2021: $3,169Peer median FY2023: $17,360Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,433FY2021: $6,088FY2023: $7,075

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$3,433$10,329$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$6,088$3,169$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$7,075$17,360$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,944 to FY2023 $7,786.$0$7.4K$14.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $9,763Peer median FY2021: $3,066Peer median FY2023: $14,842Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,944FY2021: $5,449FY2023: $7,786. 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$2,944$9,763$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$5,449$3,066$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$7,786$14,842$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $2,283 to FY2023 $4,404.$0$3.6K$7.2K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $2,457Peer median FY2023: $7,165Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,283FY2021: $3,967FY2023: $4,404

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$2,283Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$3,967$2,457$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$4,404$7,165$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $4,462 to FY2023 $2,366.$0$2.6K$5.2K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,039Peer median FY2021: $1,703Peer median FY2023: $5,230Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $4,462FY2021: $2,969FY2023: $2,366

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$4,462$1,039$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$2,969$1,703$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$2,366$5,230$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Granby’s finances

How much revenue does Granby collect per resident?
Granby collected $3,433 per resident in FY2016, 97% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Granby's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Granby spent $2,944 per resident in FY2016, 70% below the median of its peers: Telluride, Snowmass Village and Crested Butte. See the figure
How much debt does Granby have per resident?
Granby carried $4,462 of debt per resident in FY2016, 4.3× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Granby compared with?
Granby is compared with Telluride, Snowmass Village and 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)
+2.2%/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: Granby, 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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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