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Greenwood Village · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Arapahoe County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 15,323 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 15,536 · Census finance data FY2016–FY2023

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

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FY2021 in brief

Greenwood Village collected $3,883 per resident, 57% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 39% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.1× its peers, and 3.1× the state median. Debt per resident runs 46% above peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.6× 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)

$3,883
39% above peers
Peer median
$2,786
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 76% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+1.3%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,103
19% above peers
Peer median
$2,599
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 70% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−0.9%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$3,323
2.1× peers
Peer median
$1,577
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 90% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.9%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,621
46% above peers
Peer median
$2,477
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 82% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−2.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,883
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,883 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $60.3M ÷ population 15,536 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A60 Parking charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

No structural factors stand out in the data. The peer comparison below is a fair starting point.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.6× 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 Utilities & environment: $1 per resident, 100% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 2.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,883
per resident39% above peers
Money in: Greenwood Village revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2,2522.3×peers $995
$6103.6×peers $171
$4605% abovepeers $437
$3196% abovepeers $299
$13221% abovepeers $110
$10929% belowpeers $154
None reported · peers $440$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,103
per resident19% above peers
Money out: Greenwood Village spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,06476% abovepeers $603
$7592.4×peers $319
$7446.0×peers $123
$38270% abovepeers $224
$15439% abovepeers $111
$1100% belowpeers $715
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Greenwood Village 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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Greenwood Village compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Greenwood VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.6× the Colorado median.$3,883$3,103$3,323$2,252$3,621
Lone TreeRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.$3,797$2,599$2,231$1,895$1,055
SuperiorUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.0% 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.$2,592$2,349$1,577$995$2,477
FrederickUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.8% 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.$2,036$1,310$949$712$277
LouisvilleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.8% 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.$3,177$2,663$1,821$1,176$2,911
FirestoneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.8% 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.$2,786$3,903$1,535$758$4,612
Peer median$2,786$2,599$1,577$995$2,477

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 $3,646 to FY2023 $4,470.$0$2.2K$4.5K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,722Peer median FY2017: $2,278Peer median FY2018: $3,041Peer median FY2019: $3,131Peer median FY2020: $2,410Peer median FY2021: $2,786Peer median FY2022: $3,923Peer median FY2023: $2,701Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,646FY2017: $2,908FY2018: $3,945FY2019: $4,203FY2020: $4,198FY2021: $3,883FY2022: $4,181FY2023: $4,470

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,646$2,722$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2017$2,908$2,278$2,694 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,945$3,041$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$4,203$3,131$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$4,198$2,410$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,883$2,786$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$4,181$3,923$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$4,470$2,701$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,244 to FY2023 $4,153.$0$2.1K$4.2K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,227Peer median FY2017: $1,974Peer median FY2018: $2,674Peer median FY2019: $3,092Peer median FY2020: $2,549Peer median FY2021: $2,599Peer median FY2022: $3,122Peer median FY2023: $2,219Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,244FY2017: $3,218FY2018: $3,593FY2019: $3,836FY2020: $3,738FY2021: $3,103FY2022: $3,456. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $4,153. 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 FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,244$2,227$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2017$3,218$1,974$2,663 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,593$2,674$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,836$3,092$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$3,738$2,549$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,103$2,599$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$3,456$3,122$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$4,153$2,219$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $2,878 to FY2023 $3,807.$0$1.9K$3.8K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,327Peer median FY2017: $1,025Peer median FY2018: $1,344Peer median FY2019: $1,691Peer median FY2020: $1,580Peer median FY2021: $1,577Peer median FY2022: $2,150Peer median FY2023: $2,069Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,878FY2017: $2,501FY2018: $3,190FY2019: $3,430FY2020: $3,479FY2021: $3,323FY2022: $3,626FY2023: $3,807

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,878$1,327$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017$2,501$1,025$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,190$1,344$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,430$1,691$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$3,479$1,580$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,323$1,577$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$3,626$2,150$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$3,807$2,069$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $3,997 to FY2023 $3,663.$0$2K$4.1K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,545Peer median FY2017: $992Peer median FY2018: $1,939Peer median FY2019: $1,469Peer median FY2020: $1,405Peer median FY2021: $2,477Peer median FY2022: $2,337Peer median FY2023: $361Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,997FY2017: $4,075FY2018: $3,720FY2019: $3,670FY2020: $3,459FY2021: $3,621FY2022: $3,911FY2023: $3,663

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,997$2,545$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2017$4,075$992$1,482 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,720$1,939$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,670$1,469$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$3,459$1,405$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,621$2,477$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$3,911$2,337$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$3,663$361$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Greenwood Village’s finances

How much revenue does Greenwood Village collect per resident?
Greenwood Village collected $3,883 per resident in FY2021, 57% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Greenwood Village's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Greenwood Village spent $3,103 per resident in FY2021, 19% above the median of its peers: Lone Tree, Superior, Frederick, Louisville and Firestone. See the figure
How much debt does Greenwood Village have per resident?
Greenwood Village carried $3,621 of debt per resident in FY2021, 46% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Greenwood Village compared with?
Greenwood Village is compared with Lone Tree, Superior, Frederick, Louisville and Firestone: 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)
+0.5%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$129.4K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
5.8%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$984.4K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
7.7%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Greenwood Village, 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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