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Granby · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Grand County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory town · Pop. 2,392 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 2,093 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. 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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FY2021 in brief

Granby collected $6,088 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.5× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 92% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 61% above its peers, and 3.7× the state median. Debt per resident runs 74% above peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.8× the Colorado median.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$6,088
92% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,169
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 90% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+12.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$5,449
78% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,066
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 89% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+13.1%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$3,967
61% above peers
Peer median
$2,457
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 93% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+11.7%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,969
74% above peers
Peer median
$1,703
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 76% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−7.8%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $6,088
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $6,088 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $12.7M ÷ population 2,093 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Granby runs city-owned utilities, which add 23.9% 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 2,093 residents, small changes in Granby's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Granby relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.8× 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: $2,616 per resident, 81% above the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 48% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$6,088
per resident92% above peers
Money in: Granby revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$3,24748% abovepeers $2,201
$1,4572.5×peers $581
$4944.9×peers $100
$4616.1×peers $76
$22645% abovepeers $156
$20443% belowpeers $361
None reported · peers $505$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$5,449
per resident78% above peers
Money out: Granby spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2,61681% abovepeers $1,445
$1,03218% belowpeers $1,261
$73818% abovepeers $624
$49174% abovepeers $282
$4845.9×peers $82
$872.0×peers $43
None reported · peers $19$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Granby compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.9% 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 3.8× the Colorado median.$6,088$5,449$3,967$3,247$2,969
Idaho SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 30.3% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.5× the Colorado median.$3,956$3,451$2,457$2,201$10,855
Crested ButteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.0% 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 5.0× the Colorado median.$10,983$9,068$8,453$4,261$2,968
HaydenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.4% 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.$2,383Not reported for this year
RangelyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.6% 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.$2,278$2,681$528$368$438
Peer median$3,169$3,066$2,457$2,201$1,703

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 $6,088 per resident in FY2021, 2.5× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Granby's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Granby spent $5,449 per resident in FY2021, 78% above the median of its peers: Idaho Springs, Crested Butte, Hayden and Rangely. See the figure
How much debt does Granby have per resident?
Granby carried $2,969 of debt per resident in FY2021, 74% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Granby compared with?
Granby is compared with Idaho Springs, Crested Butte, Hayden and Rangely: 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)
+0.4%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$65K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
5.3%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$262.8K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
46.7%
2021 estimate

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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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