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Lochbuie · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld, Adams counties · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 8,776 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 5,672 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (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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FY2016 in brief

Lochbuie collected $2,000 per resident (including city-run utilities), 15% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 5% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 56% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 48% below peers.

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)

$2,000
5% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,111
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 57% of the 224 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,273
38% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,043
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 32% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$355
56% below peers
Peer median
$808
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 25% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$558
48% below peers
Peer median
$1,074
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 32% 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 · $2,000
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,000 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $11.3M ÷ population 5,672 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • 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 32.2% 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, FY2016. Bars show Lochbuie; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Transportation: none reported, against a peer median of $156 per resident. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 2.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,000
per resident5% below peers
Money in: Lochbuie revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$6452.3×peers $282
$5013.4×peers $150
$3985.6×peers $71
$21942% belowpeers $375
$10160% belowpeers $249
$7446% belowpeers $138
$6243% belowpeers $109
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,273
per resident38% below peers
Money out: Lochbuie spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$599in line withpeers $572
$42146% abovepeers $288
$21819% belowpeers $270
$2531% belowpeers $35
$1189% belowpeers $105
None reported · peers $156$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

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Lochbuie compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LochbuieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.2% 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.$2,000$1,273$355$219$558
DaconoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.3% 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.$1,387$1,357$808$363$605
Estes ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.8% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.8× the Colorado median.$6,610$7,641$2,687$2,088$2,012
BerthoudUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.6% 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.$3,154$2,895$524$375$168
EatonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.1% 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.$1,046$1,037$366$241$1,074
Manitou SpringsRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.0× the Colorado median.$2,111$2,043$1,679$1,106$1,847
Peer median$2,111$2,043$808$375$1,074

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
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 $2,000 per resident in FY2016, 15% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Lochbuie's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Lochbuie spent $1,273 per resident in FY2016, 38% below the median of its peers: Dacono, Estes Park, Berthoud, Eaton and Manitou Springs. See the figure
How much debt does Lochbuie have per resident?
Lochbuie carried $558 of debt per resident in FY2016, 48% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Lochbuie compared with?
Lochbuie is compared with Dacono, Estes Park, Berthoud, Eaton and Manitou Springs: 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)
+3.3%/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: 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.

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