Grover · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Grover, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 152 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 160 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2016 in brief

Grover collected $975 per resident (including city-run utilities), 44% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 13% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 43% below its peers, and 91% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 68% 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)

$975

13% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $861
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 23% 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)

$1,119

83% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $611
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 26% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$63

43% below peers

Peer median: $109
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 1% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,719

68% below peers

Peer median: $5,293
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 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 67% 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 · $975

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$975 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $156K ÷ population 160 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Grover runs city-owned utilities, which add 25.6% 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 160 residents, small changes in Grover's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $581 per resident, 2.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 2.2× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$975

per resident13% above peers

Money in: Grover revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$488	$221	2.2× peerspeers $221	50%

General government (other) charges $256 · peers $10 Sewer charges $231 · peers $177 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$250	$198	26% above peerspeers $198	26%

Water utility charges $250 · peers $198 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$119	$84	42% above peerspeers $84	12%

State aid $119 · peers $65 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid
	$56	$25	2.2× peerspeers $25	6%

Miscellaneous $56 · peers $22 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U99 Miscellaneous
	$50	$65	23% below peerspeers $65	5%

Property tax $50 · peers $65 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$13	$13	in line with peerspeers $13	1%

Licenses & permits $13 · peers $0 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T29 Licenses & permits

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,119

per resident83% above peers

Money out: Grover spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$581	$267	2.2× peerspeers $267	52%

Sewer $225 · peers $138 Solid waste $181 · peers $0 Water utility $175 · peers $129 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility
	$425	$162	2.6× peerspeers $162	38%

Central staff services $356 · peers $51 General government (other) $69 · peers $16 incl. $69 construction incl. $69 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E29 Central staff services G89 General government (other)
	$69	$4	17.0× peerspeers $4	6%

Streets & highways $69 · peers $4 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$38	$73	49% below peerspeers $73	3%

Interest on debt $38 · peers $73 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
	$6	$13	51% below peerspeers $13	1%

Parks & recreation $6 · peers $6 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $9	$0	$9	None reported	0%

Grover reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Grover 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

Open in Compare

Grover compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
GroverUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.6% 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.	$975	$1,119	$63	Not reported for this year	$1,719
WardUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 36.8% 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.	$481	$329	$146	$82	Not reported for this year
RamahUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.0% 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.	$953	Withheld Ramah · Expenditures per resident · FY2016 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 24% 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.	$109	Not reported for this year	$180
Cokedale	$1,345	$767	Withheld Cokedale · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 4.1x 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	$5,293
RyeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 54.7% 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.	$769	$611	$101	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$861	$611	$109	Not reported for this year	$5,293

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
FY2016	$975	$861	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$1,325	Benchmark unavailable	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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	$1,119	$611	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,351	$1,967	$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
FY2016	$63	$109	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$65	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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	$1,719	$5,293	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,565	$1,670	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Grover’s finances

How much revenue does Grover collect per resident?: Grover collected $975 per resident in FY2016, 44% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Grover's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Grover spent $1,119 per resident in FY2016, 83% above the median of its peers: Ward, Ramah, Cokedale and Rye. See the figure
How much debt does Grover have per resident?: Grover carried $1,719 of debt per resident in FY2016, 68% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Grover compared with?: Grover is compared with Ward, Ramah, Cokedale and Rye: 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): +2.4%/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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Pierce$2,023 · FY2021
Kersey$2,476 · FY2021
Hudson$2,074 · FY2016
Keenesburg$6,132 · FY2021
La Salle$3,155 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - 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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Grover · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 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

Grover and its peers

Trends

Questions about Grover’s finances

Community context

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Also in Northern Front Range

Sources

Utilities & environment is Grover’s largest difference from its peers (2.2× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.