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Larkspur · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Douglas County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 219 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 191 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Debt per resident runs 21.1× peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.8× the Colorado median.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 10.9x the peer median
  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 37.9x the peer median

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)

$10,120
21.1× peers
Peer median
$480
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 98% 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 10.9x the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Larkspur’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T21 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 191 residents, small changes in Larkspur's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.
  • Debt per resident is 21.1× 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 Larkspur; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.8× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Larkspur 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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Larkspur compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LarkspurRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.8× the Colorado median.$1,560$10,120
GroverUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.6% 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.$975$1,119$63Not reported for this year$1,719
WardUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 36.8% 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.$481$329$146$82Not reported for this year
JamestownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.1% 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.$718$664$181Not reported for this year$189
BrooksideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.3% 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.$702$403$125Not reported for this year$480
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable$480

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)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $1,971. 1 year withheld.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $2,242Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,971FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 22.8x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 22.8x the peer median
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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 22.8x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,971$2,242$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
2 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 37.9x the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 46.9x the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 37.9x the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 46.9x the peer median
Show data table
Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 37.9x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 46.9x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $10,120 to FY2021 $21,407.$0$10.7K$21.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $480Peer median FY2021: $1,565Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $10,120FY2021: $21,407

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$10,120$480$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$21,407$1,565$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Larkspur’s finances

How much debt does Larkspur have per resident?
Larkspur carried $10,120 of debt per resident in FY2016, 21.1× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Larkspur compared with?
Larkspur is compared with Grover, Ward, Jamestown and Brookside: 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)
+0.1%/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: Larkspur, 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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