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Keenesburg · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 2,107 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,729 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Keenesburg collected $6,132 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.5× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 2.6× its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 82% above its peers. Debt per resident runs 17% above 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)

$6,132
2.6× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,327
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 90% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+40.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,928
48% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,973
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 69% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+13.8%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,907
82% above peers
Peer median
$1,046
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 79% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+38.2%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$820
17% above peers
Peer median
$699
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 32% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−9.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $6,132
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $6,132 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $10.6M ÷ population 1,729 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Keenesburg runs city-owned utilities, which add 31.4% 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 1,729 residents, small changes in Keenesburg's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,430 per resident, 2.5× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 5.9× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$6,132
per resident2.6× peers
Money in: Keenesburg revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,9285.9×peers $328
$1,0432.6×peers $405
$82432% abovepeers $622
$7325.4×peers $134
$65282% abovepeers $359
$52347% abovepeers $356
$4314.9×peers $88
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,928
per resident48% above peers
Money out: Keenesburg spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,4302.5×peers $570
$8742.7×peers $318
$2653.3×peers $79
$3011% abovepeers $27
$1292% belowpeers $148
$62.3×peers $3
Withheldpeers $397
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Keenesburg 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
Keenesburg compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
KeenesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.4% 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.$6,132$2,928$1,907$824$820
La SalleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.1% 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.$2,108$1,113$965$392Not reported for this year
KerseyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.3% 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.$2,476$1,363$1,014$681$665
AultUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.5% 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.$2,178$1,973$1,079$563$733
NederlandUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.7× the Colorado median.$3,649$2,463$1,971$1,468$432
Peer median$2,327$1,973$1,046$681$699

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 $1,142 to FY2021 $6,132.$0$3.1K$6.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,423Peer median FY2021: $2,327Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,142FY2021: $6,132

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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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,142$1,423$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$6,132$2,327$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,534 to FY2021 $2,928.$0$1.6K$3.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $3,166Peer median FY2021: $1,973Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,534FY2021: $2,928

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,534$3,166$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$2,928$1,973$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $378 to FY2021 $1,907.$0$953.4$1.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $354Peer median FY2021: $1,046Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $378FY2021: $1,907

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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$378$354$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,907$1,046$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,352 to FY2021 $820.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $938Peer median FY2021: $699Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,352FY2021: $820

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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,352$938$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$820$699$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Keenesburg’s finances

How much revenue does Keenesburg collect per resident?
Keenesburg collected $6,132 per resident in FY2021, 2.5× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Keenesburg's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Keenesburg spent $2,928 per resident in FY2021, 48% above the median of its peers: La Salle, Kersey, Ault and Nederland. See the figure
How much debt does Keenesburg have per resident?
Keenesburg carried $820 of debt per resident in FY2021, 17% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Keenesburg compared with?
Keenesburg is compared with La Salle, Kersey, Ault and Nederland: 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)
+6.2%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$82K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
13.6%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$321.3K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
6.0%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Keenesburg, CO municipal finance benchmarks

Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Please credit “Source: Orivian Municipal Index, orivian.ai/benchmarks”. See the data use terms.

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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