Leadville · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Leadville, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Lake County · Central Mountains & Resort · statutory city · Pop. 2,668 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 2,609 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

City website (opens in a new tab)

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2021 in brief

Debt per resident runs 88% below peers.

Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 28% of the peer median
Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
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)

$2,406

60% below peers

Peer median: $6,039
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 57% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars: Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$294

88% below peers

Peer median: $2,400
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 12% 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 ·

Withheld pending verification

1Withheld
Revenue per resident is 28% of the peer median It stays withheld until it is verified against Leadville’s audited financial report.
2Census line items
- B89 Federal aid
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U41 Royalties
3Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

With about 2,609 residents, small changes in Leadville'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 Leadville; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $23 per resident, 97% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

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

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,406

per resident60% below peers

Money out: Leadville spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$2,282	$2,811	19% below peerspeers $2,811	95%

General government (other) $2,279 · peers $288 Judicial & legal $3 · peers $21 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E25 Judicial & legal E89 General government (other)
	$38	$332	88% below peerspeers $332	2%

Parking $38 · peers $0 incl. $38 construction incl. $38 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items F60 Parking
	$30	$718	96% below peerspeers $718	1%

Fire protection $30 · peers $0 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E24 Fire protection
	$23	$781	97% below peerspeers $781	1%

Natural resources $23 · peers $0 incl. $15 construction incl. $15 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E59 Natural resources F59 Natural resources
	$23	$776	97% below peerspeers $776	1%

Housing & community development $23 · peers $6 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E50 Housing & community development
	$10	$81	88% below peerspeers $81	<1%

Interest on debt $10 · peers $81 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $16	$0	$16	None reported	0%

Leadville reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Leadville 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

Leadville compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Leadville	Withheld Leadville · Revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Revenue per resident is 28% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$2,406	Withheld Leadville · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Not reported for this year	$294
TellurideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.6% 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 4.7× the Colorado median.	$8,847	$8,918	$5,185	$4,052	$22,389
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.9% 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 3.8× the Colorado median.	$6,088	$5,449	$3,967	$3,247	$2,969
FriscoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.9% 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 5.5× the Colorado median.	$9,125	$6,629	$6,781	$4,772	$1,832
BayfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.5% 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.	$1,800	Withheld Bayfield · Expenditures per resident · FY2021 Reason: Expenditures per resident is 24% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$650	Withheld Bayfield · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 14% of the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Not reported for this year
PalisadeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.2% 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.	$3,787	$2,513	Withheld Palisade · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 5.0x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Palisade · Sales tax per resident · FY2021 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 6.6x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$1,474
Peer median	Benchmark unavailable	$6,039	Benchmark unavailable	Not reported for this year	$2,400

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 4% of the peer median

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 4% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$2,406	$6,039	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 5% of the peer median
FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 5% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$186	$1,139	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$294	$2,400	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Leadville’s finances

How does Leadville's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Leadville spent $2,406 per resident in FY2021, 60% below the median of its peers: Telluride, Granby, Frisco, Bayfield and Palisade. See the figure
How much debt does Leadville have per resident?: Leadville carried $294 of debt per resident in FY2021, 88% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Leadville compared with?: Leadville is compared with Telluride, Granby, Frisco, Bayfield and Palisade: 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): −0.3%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $70.5K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 5.0%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $244.7K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 18.5%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Frisco$10,679 · FY2023
Telluride$22,046 · FY2023
Granby$7,075 · FY2023
Snowmass Village$19,796 · FY2023
Hayden$2,383 · FY2021
Buena Vista$2,987 · FY2021
Idaho Springs$3,956 · FY2021
Crested Butte$14,925 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

Dataset: Leadville, 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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Leadville · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Leadville and its peers

Trends

Questions about Leadville’s finances

Community context

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Sources

Utilities & environment is Leadville’s largest difference from its peers (97% below the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.