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La Salle · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 2,304 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 2,309 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

Latest Census Bureau finance data for La Salle: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2023 in brief

La Salle collected $3,155 per resident (including city-run utilities), 12% below the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 51% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 61% below its peers, and 25% below the state median.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2023 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$3,155
51% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$6,486
CO median · 97 with a published figure
$3,580
Position
Higher than 42% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,850
67% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$5,576
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$3,680
Position
Higher than 11% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,300
61% below peers
Peer median
$3,309
CO median · 90 with a published figure
$1,726
Position
Higher than 33% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,155
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,155 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $7.3M ÷ population 2,309 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • 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
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • La Salle runs city-owned utilities, which add 11.8% 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 2,309 residents, small changes in La Salle's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2023. Bars show La Salle; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $322 per resident, 83% below the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 72% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,155
per resident51% below peers
Money in: La Salle revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$9503.0×peers $317
$37336% belowpeers $582
$37372% belowpeers $1,329
$31626% belowpeers $428
$15966% belowpeers $464
$6993% belowpeers $1,018
Withheldpeers $905
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,850
per resident67% below peers
Money out: La Salle spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$74030% belowpeers $1,054
$49044% abovepeers $340
$32283% belowpeers $1,856
$16021% belowpeers $203
$13672% belowpeers $486
$0100% belowpeers $136
$0No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 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, FY2023. How peers are chosen

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La Salle compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
La SalleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.8% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$3,155$1,850$1,300Not reported for this year
LyonsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.6% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$5,905$4,544$1,464$905$1,607
Manitou SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.7% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 1.9× the Colorado median.$6,486$5,576$3,800$2,251$3,819
FlorenceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 58.7% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,262$1,535$783$491$3,058
WalsenburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.4% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$8,205$7,823$3,309$885$7,163
GlendaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.6% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 4.0× the Colorado median.$9,366$8,167$7,601$4,604$2,626
Peer median$6,486$5,576$3,309Benchmark unavailableNot reported for this year

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.

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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)
FY2018———
FY2019———
FY2020———
FY2021———
FY2022———
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Questions about La Salle’s finances

How much revenue does La Salle collect per resident?
La Salle collected $3,155 per resident in FY2023, 12% below the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does La Salle's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
La Salle spent $1,850 per resident in FY2023, 67% below the median of its peers: Lyons, Manitou Springs, Florence, Walsenburg and Glendale. See the figure
Which cities is La Salle compared with?
La Salle is compared with Lyons, Manitou Springs, Florence, Walsenburg and Glendale: 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)
−1.7%/yr
2023 estimate
Median household income
$91.6K
2023 estimate
Poverty rate
8.3%
2023 estimate
Median home value
$362.7K
2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
3.7%
2023 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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