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Gypsum · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Eagle County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 9,212 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 8,894 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Gypsum: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Gypsum collected $2,252 per resident (including city-run utilities), 9% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 47% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 56% below its peers, but 13% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 86% below peers.

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)

$2,252
47% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$4,268
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 41% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+4.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,221
53% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,611
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 18% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−3.7%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,215
56% below peers
Peer median
$2,745
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 56% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.8%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$471
86% below peers
Peer median
$3,314
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 21% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−13.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,252
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,252 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $20M ÷ population 8,894 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T51 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Gypsum runs city-owned utilities, which add 6.2% 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

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $201 per resident, 77% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 47% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,252
per resident47% below peers
Money in: Gypsum revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$84947% belowpeers $1,601
$47618% belowpeers $583
$27657% belowpeers $640
$2589% belowpeers $284
$163in line withpeers $166
$14058% belowpeers $333
$9062% belowpeers $238
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,221
per resident53% below peers
Money out: Gypsum spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$33733% belowpeers $505
$33250% belowpeers $666
$20177% belowpeers $889
$19262% belowpeers $510
$13071% belowpeers $440
$3072% belowpeers $107
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Gypsum 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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Gypsum compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
GypsumUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.2% 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.$2,252$1,221$1,215$849$471
EagleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.6% 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.$2,854$2,274$1,409$1,114$3,660
Steamboat SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.2% 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 3.0× the Colorado median.$5,682$5,324$4,019$2,592$2,550
RifleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.5% 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 1.5× the Colorado median.$2,773$2,460$1,472$1,301$3,076
AvonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.5% 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 2.2× the Colorado median.$6,067$2,611$4,481$1,901$3,314
Peer median$4,268$2,611$2,745$1,901$3,314

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 $1,811 to FY2022 $2,274. 2 years withheld.$0$3.1K$6.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,608Peer median FY2020: $6,132Peer median FY2021: $4,268Peer median FY2022: $6,054Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,811FY2020: $1,871FY2021: $2,252FY2022: $2,274FY2018: withheld — Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer medianFY2019: withheld — Revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2018 withheld: Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median
  • FY2019 withheld: Revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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$1,811$2,608$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Revenue per resident is 16% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Revenue per resident is 13% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,871$6,132$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,252$4,268$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$2,274$6,054$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,473 to FY2022 $1,582. 1 year withheld.$0$4.7K$9.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,476Peer median FY2018: $9,394Peer median FY2020: $6,040Peer median FY2021: $2,611Peer median FY2022: $6,716Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,473FY2018: $1,625FY2020: $1,603FY2021: $1,221FY2022: $1,582. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2019: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 15% of the peer median

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.

  • FY2019 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 15% of the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, 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$1,473$1,476$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$1,625$9,394$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 15% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,603$6,040$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,221$2,611$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,582$6,716$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $1,008 to FY2022 $1,634.$0$3.1K$6.2K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,097Peer median FY2018: $3,240Peer median FY2019: $6,249Peer median FY2020: $3,579Peer median FY2021: $2,745Peer median FY2022: $3,052Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,008FY2018: $755FY2019: $1,139FY2020: $1,178FY2021: $1,215FY2022: $1,634

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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$1,008$2,097$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$755$3,240$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,139$6,249$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,178$3,579$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,215$2,745$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$1,634$3,052$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $994 to FY2022 $411.$0$5.1K$10.3K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,643Peer median FY2018: $1,937Peer median FY2019: $10,291Peer median FY2020: $2,846Peer median FY2021: $3,314Peer median FY2022: $2,821Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $994FY2018: $778FY2019: $689FY2020: $569FY2021: $471FY2022: $411

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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$994$1,643$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$778$1,937$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$689$10,291$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$569$2,846$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$471$3,314$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$411$2,821$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Gypsum’s finances

How much revenue does Gypsum collect per resident?
Gypsum collected $2,252 per resident in FY2021, 9% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Gypsum's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Gypsum spent $1,221 per resident in FY2021, 53% below the median of its peers: Eagle, Steamboat Springs, Rifle and Avon. See the figure
How much debt does Gypsum have per resident?
Gypsum carried $471 of debt per resident in FY2021, 86% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Gypsum compared with?
Gypsum is compared with Eagle, Steamboat Springs, Rifle and Avon: 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)
+5.6%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$83.3K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
9.2%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$383.6K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
8.6%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Gypsum, 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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