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Lone Tree · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Douglas County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 15,278 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 12,852 · Census finance data FY2016–FY2023

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Lone Tree: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Lone Tree collected $3,714 per resident, 2.1× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 82% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 86% above its peers, and 3.2× the state median. Debt per resident runs 64% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.6× the Colorado 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)

$3,714
82% above peers
Peer median
$2,039
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 87% 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)

$3,341
50% above peers
Peer median
$2,227
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 80% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,262
86% above peers
Peer median
$1,218
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 92% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,434
64% below peers
Peer median
$3,997
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 60% 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 · $3,714
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,714 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $47.7M ÷ population 12,852 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • C42 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D94 Local government aid
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Lone Tree relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2016. Bars show Lone Tree; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 3.6× 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.

The biggest difference from peers is Transportation: $1,268 per resident, 3.1× the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 2.6× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,714
per resident82% above peers
Money in: Lone Tree revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,9802.6×peers $766
$1,2108.7×peers $139
$28367% abovepeers $169
$24230% abovepeers $186
None reported · peers $368$0None reported
None reported · peers $248$0None reported
None reported · peers $225$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,341
per resident50% above peers
Money out: Lone Tree spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,2683.1×peers $405
$1,13021% abovepeers $933
$5644.1×peers $139
$25867% abovepeers $155
$6032% belowpeers $88
$5732.3×peers $2
$4No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Lone Tree 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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Lone Tree compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Lone TreeRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.6× the Colorado median.$3,714$3,341$2,262$1,980$1,434
SuperiorUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.1% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.8× the Colorado median.$2,210$2,227$1,416$993$5,176
Greenwood VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 4.1× the Colorado median.$3,646$3,244$2,878$2,260$3,997
FirestoneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.7% 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.$1,534$748$510$378
JohnstownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.2% 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.$1,869$1,218$539Not reported for this year
Peer median$2,039$2,227$1,218$539$3,997

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 $3,714 to FY2023 $5,157.$0$2.6K$5.2K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,039Peer median FY2017: $2,307Peer median FY2018: $3,041Peer median FY2019: $3,131Peer median FY2020: $2,824Peer median FY2021: $2,786Peer median FY2022: $3,923Peer median FY2023: $1,840Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,714FY2017: $3,599FY2018: $3,353FY2019: $3,584FY2020: $2,410FY2021: $3,797FY2022: $4,845FY2023: $5,157

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, 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
FY2016$3,714$2,039$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2017$3,599$2,307$2,694 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,353$3,041$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,584$3,131$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,410$2,824$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,797$2,786$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$4,845$3,923$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$5,157$1,840$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,341 to FY2023 $4,664.$0$2.3K$4.7K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,227Peer median FY2017: $2,045Peer median FY2018: $2,677Peer median FY2019: $3,092Peer median FY2020: $2,549Peer median FY2021: $2,663Peer median FY2022: $3,026Peer median FY2023: $3,078Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,341FY2017: $3,520FY2018: $3,588FY2019: $3,807FY2020: $3,021FY2021: $2,599FY2022: $3,461. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $4,664. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

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.

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, 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
FY2016$3,341$2,227$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2017$3,520$2,045$2,663 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,588$2,677$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,807$3,092$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$3,021$2,549$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,599$2,663$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$3,461$3,026$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$4,664$3,078$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $2,262 to FY2023 $3,564.$0$1.8K$3.6K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,218Peer median FY2017: $1,047Peer median FY2018: $1,344Peer median FY2019: $1,691Peer median FY2020: $1,580Peer median FY2021: $1,577Peer median FY2022: $2,124Peer median FY2023: $1,222Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,262FY2017: $2,266FY2018: $2,307FY2019: $2,472FY2020: $1,727FY2021: $2,231FY2022: $3,492FY2023: $3,564

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, 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
FY2016$2,262$1,218$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017$2,266$1,047$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$2,307$1,344$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,472$1,691$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,727$1,580$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,231$1,577$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$3,492$2,124$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$3,564$1,222$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,434 to FY2023 $551.$0$2K$4K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $3,997Peer median FY2017: $1,792Peer median FY2018: $2,426Peer median FY2019: $1,797Peer median FY2020: $2,244Peer median FY2021: $2,911Peer median FY2022: $2,783Peer median FY2023: $1,521Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,434FY2017: $1,374FY2018: $911FY2019: $764FY2020: $553FY2021: $1,055FY2022: $813FY2023: $551

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023. 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$1,434$3,997$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2017$1,374$1,792$1,482 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$911$2,426$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$764$1,797$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$553$2,244$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,055$2,911$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$813$2,783$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$551$1,521$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Lone Tree’s finances

How much revenue does Lone Tree collect per resident?
Lone Tree collected $3,714 per resident in FY2016, 2.1× the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Lone Tree's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Lone Tree spent $3,341 per resident in FY2016, 50% above the median of its peers: Superior, Greenwood Village, Firestone and Johnstown. See the figure
How much debt does Lone Tree have per resident?
Lone Tree carried $1,434 of debt per resident in FY2016, 64% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Lone Tree compared with?
Lone Tree is compared with Superior, Greenwood Village, Firestone and Johnstown: 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)
+4.0%/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

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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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