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Lochbuie · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld, Adams counties · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 8,776 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 8,174 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2021 in brief

Lochbuie collected $1,799 per resident (including city-run utilities), 27% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 57% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 77% below 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)

$1,799
22% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,303
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 30% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−2.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$790
60% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,994
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 5% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−9.1%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$409
57% below peers
Peer median
$948
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 14% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.8%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$663
77% below peers
Peer median
$2,890
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 27% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,799
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,799 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $14.7M ÷ population 8,174 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Lochbuie runs city-owned utilities, which add 25.8% 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

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $156 per resident, 52% below the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 2.2× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,799
per resident22% below peers
Money in: Lochbuie revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$7612.2×peers $339
$4649% abovepeers $427
$25535% belowpeers $395
$10918% belowpeers $132
$10070% belowpeers $334
$5777% belowpeers $250
$5449% belowpeers $105
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$790
per resident60% below peers
Money out: Lochbuie spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$398in line withpeers $388
$16748% belowpeers $318
$15652% belowpeers $326
$2484% belowpeers $146
$2367% belowpeers $69
$2363% belowpeers $60
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Lochbuie 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

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Lochbuie compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LochbuieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.8% 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.$1,799$790$409$255$663
Fort LuptonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.6% 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.$4,875$3,568$2,287$1,061$4,216
MillikenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.3% 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.$1,854$1,059$869$373$769
Woodland ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 15.2% 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.$2,268$1,218$1,376$1,024$1,564
DaconoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.5% 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.$2,303$2,833$948$393$4,422
SeveranceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.1% 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.$2,338$1,994$716$395Not reported for this year
Peer median$2,303$1,994$948$395$2,890

Utilities marks a municipality whose revenue and spending include city-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit), which raises its per-resident totals.

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 $2,000 to FY2021 $1,799.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,111Peer median FY2021: $2,303Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,000FY2021: $1,799

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$2,000$2,111$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$1,799$2,303$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,273 to FY2021 $790.$0$1.1K$2.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,043Peer median FY2021: $1,994Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,273FY2021: $790

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$1,273$2,043$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$790$1,994$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $355 to FY2021 $409.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $808Peer median FY2021: $948Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $355FY2021: $409

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$355$808$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$409$948$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $558 to FY2021 $663.$0$1.4K$2.9K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,074Peer median FY2021: $2,890Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $558FY2021: $663

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$558$1,074$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$663$2,890$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Lochbuie’s finances

How much revenue does Lochbuie collect per resident?
Lochbuie collected $1,799 per resident in FY2021, 27% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Lochbuie's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Lochbuie spent $790 per resident in FY2021, 60% below the median of its peers: Fort Lupton, Milliken, Woodland Park, Dacono and Severance. See the figure
How much debt does Lochbuie have per resident?
Lochbuie carried $663 of debt per resident in FY2021, 77% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Lochbuie compared with?
Lochbuie is compared with Fort Lupton, Milliken, Woodland Park, Dacono and Severance: 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)
+7.6%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$76.2K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
3.7%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$293.5K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
3.0%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Lochbuie, 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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