Grover · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Grover, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 152 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 154 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2016). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Grover: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Grover collected $1,325 per resident (including city-run utilities), 47% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 94% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 6% 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)

$1,325

47% below CO median

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
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 16% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +6.3%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,351

31% below peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,967
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 22% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +3.8%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$65

94% below CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
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 1% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +0.8%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,565

6% below peers

Peer median: $1,670
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 55% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −1.9%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,325

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,325 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $204K ÷ population 154 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T24 Licenses & permits
- U01 Special assessments
- U40 Rents
- 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

Grover runs city-owned utilities, which add 24.0% 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 154 residents, small changes in Grover's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
Too few comparable municipalities reported this year to form a peer group, so comparisons use the Colorado median.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $961 per resident, 18% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,325

per resident

Money in: Grover 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
Peer median unavailable	$630	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	48%

Solid waste charges $370 Sewer charges $247 Commercial activities (other) charges $13 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A03 Commercial activities (other) charges A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
Peer median unavailable	$318	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	24%

Water utility charges $318 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
Peer median unavailable	$234	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	18%

Local government aid $123 State aid $110 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
Peer median unavailable	$78	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	6%

Miscellaneous $58 Rents $13 Special assessments $6 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U01 Special assessments U40 Rents U99 Miscellaneous
Peer median unavailable	$58	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	4%

Property tax $58 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
Peer median unavailable	$6	Peer median unavailable	No peer comparison	<1%

Licenses & permits $6 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T24 Licenses & permits
None reported	$0	Peer median unavailable	None reported	0%

Grover reported nothing in this category for FY2021. General sales and use tax.

Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,351

per resident31% below peers

Money out: Grover 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
	$961	$1,170	18% below peerspeers $1,170	71%

Solid waste $442 · peers $0 incl. $221 construction Sewer $286 · peers $449 incl. $143 construction Water utility $234 · peers $544 incl. $117 construction incl. $481 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility F80 Sewer F81 Solid waste F91 Water utility
	$338	$483	30% below peerspeers $483	25%

General government (other) $208 · peers $47 Judicial & legal $78 · peers $0 incl. $39 construction Financial administration $39 · peers $0 incl. $19 construction Central staff services $13 · peers $302 incl. $6 construction incl. $65 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E89 General government (other) F23 Financial administration F25 Judicial & legal F29 Central staff services
	$39	$65	40% below peerspeers $65	3%

Interest on debt $39 · peers $65 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
	$13	$14	6% below peerspeers $14	1%

Parks & recreation $13 · peers $14 incl. $6 construction incl. $6 construction Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation F61 Parks & recreation
None reported · peers $9	$0	$9	None reported	0%

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

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Grover compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
GroverUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.0% 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.	$1,325	$1,351	$65	Not reported for this year	$1,565
CokedaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.7% 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.	$1,079	$1,606	$94	$16	$1,654
RamahUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 28.3% 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.	$908	$1,963	$110	Not reported for this year	$679
Peer median	Benchmark unavailable	$1,967	Benchmark unavailable	Not reported for this year	$1,670

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
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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 $1,325 per resident in FY2021, 47% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Grover's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Grover spent $1,351 per resident in FY2021, 31% below the median of its peers: Cokedale and Ramah. See the figure
How much debt does Grover have per resident?: Grover carried $1,565 of debt per resident in FY2021, 6% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Grover compared with?: Grover is compared with Cokedale and Ramah: 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): −0.8%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $40K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 28.5%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $112.5K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 10.0%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Northern Front Range

Raymer$361 · FY2021
Nunn$2,471 · FY2021
Gilcrest$1,696 · FY2021
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

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)

Dataset: Grover, 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.

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Grover · 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

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 (18% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.