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La Salle · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 2,304 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 2,273 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

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FY2016 in brief

Debt per resident runs 3.2× peers.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 969% of this city's typical level in other years
  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 1407% of this city's typical level in other years

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,956
3.2× peers
Peer median
$938
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 84% 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 ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 969% of this city's typical level in other years It stays withheld until it is verified against La Salle’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A60 Parking charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • B94 Federal aid
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D50 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • 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
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 2,273 residents, small changes in La Salle's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 3.2× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Money in

Revenue

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against La Salle’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against La Salle’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

La Salle 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

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La Salle compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
La Salle$2,956
HudsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.7% 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.$2,074$2,449$808$246$3,247
AultUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.0% 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.$1,107$1,051$272$137$571
BennettUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.8× the Colorado median.$2,188$3,863$1,224$998$4,043
PlattevilleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.5% 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.$1,191$3,527$456$169$58
KerseyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.9% 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.$764$435$246$938
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$938

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
FY2021 $2,108 to FY2023 $3,155. 4 years withheld.$0$3.2K$6.5K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2021: $2,711Peer median FY2022: $4,690Peer median FY2023: $6,486Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $2,108FY2022: $2,152FY2023: $3,155FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 969% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2018: withheld — Revenue per resident is 9% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2019: withheld — Revenue per resident is 9% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2020: withheld — Revenue per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 969% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2018, FY2019 withheld: Revenue per resident is 9% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2020 withheld: Revenue per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, 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
FY2016Withheld (Revenue per resident is 969% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Revenue per resident is 9% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Revenue per resident is 9% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020Withheld (Revenue per resident is 10% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,108$2,711$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$2,152$4,690$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$3,155$6,486$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $1,113 to FY2023 $1,850. 4 years withheld.$0$2.8K$5.6K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2021: $2,928Peer median FY2022: $4,774Peer median FY2023: $5,576Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,113FY2022: $1,603. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $1,850. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 1217% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2018: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 26% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2019: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2020: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 32% of this city's typical level in other years

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.

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 1217% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2018 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 26% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2019 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2020 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 32% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, 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
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 1217% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 26% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 28% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 32% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,113$2,928$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,603$4,774$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,850$5,576$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $965 to FY2023 $1,300. 4 years withheld.$0$1.7K$3.3K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2021: $1,079Peer median FY2022: $2,557Peer median FY2023: $3,309Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $965FY2022: $1,092FY2023: $1,300FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 1407% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2018: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 18% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2019: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 19% of this city's typical level in other yearsFY2020: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 21% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 1407% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2018 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 18% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2019 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 19% of this city's typical level in other years
  • FY2020 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 21% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

Show data table
Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 1407% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 18% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 19% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 21% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$965$1,079$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$1,092$2,557$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,300$3,309$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,956.$0$1.5K$3K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $938Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,956

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,956$938$1,072 (220 reporting)
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FY2019———
FY2020———
FY2021———
FY2022———
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Questions about La Salle’s finances

How much debt does La Salle have per resident?
La Salle carried $2,956 of debt per resident in FY2016, 3.2× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is La Salle compared with?
La Salle is compared with Hudson, Ault, Bennett, Platteville and Kersey: 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)
+2.6%/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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Sources

Dataset: La Salle, 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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