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Lone Tree · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Douglas County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 15,278 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 14,240 · Census finance data FY2016–FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. 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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FY2021 in brief

Lone Tree collected $3,797 per resident, 53% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 36% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 41% above its peers, and 2.1× the state median. Debt per resident runs 64% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.

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)

$3,797
36% above peers
Peer median
$2,786
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 75% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+0.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,599
in line with peers
Peer median
$2,663
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 62% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−4.9%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,231
41% above peers
Peer median
$1,577
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 84% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−0.3%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,055
64% below peers
Peer median
$2,911
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 41% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−6.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,797
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,797 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $54.1M ÷ population 14,240 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • 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.)
    • 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, FY2021. Bars show Lone Tree; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.2× 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 General government: $1,479 per resident, 2.5× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 4.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,797
per resident36% above peers
Money in: Lone Tree revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,89590% abovepeers $995
$1,2314.1×peers $299
$31584% abovepeers $171
$2242.1×peers $109
$11017% belowpeers $132
$2295% belowpeers $460
None reported · peers $440$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,599
per residentin line with peers
Money out: Lone Tree spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,4792.5×peers $603
$59787% abovepeers $319
$39174% abovepeers $224
$8781% belowpeers $444
$4560% belowpeers $112
$0No peer comparisonpeers $0
None reported · peers $715$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Lone Tree compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Lone TreeRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.$3,797$2,599$2,231$1,895$1,055
Greenwood VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.6× the Colorado median.$3,883$3,103$3,323$2,252$3,621
SuperiorUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.0% 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.$2,592$2,349$1,577$995$2,477
FrederickUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.8% 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.$2,036$1,310$949$712$277
LouisvilleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.8% 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.$3,177$2,663$1,821$1,176$2,911
FirestoneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.8% 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.$2,786$3,903$1,535$758$4,612
Peer median$2,786$2,663$1,577$995$2,911

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 $3,797 per resident in FY2021, 53% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Lone Tree's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Lone Tree spent $2,599 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of its peers: Greenwood Village, Superior, Frederick, Louisville and Firestone. See the figure
How much debt does Lone Tree have per resident?
Lone Tree carried $1,055 of debt per resident in FY2021, 64% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Lone Tree compared with?
Lone Tree is compared with Greenwood Village, Superior, Frederick, Louisville and Firestone: 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)
+2.1%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$113.7K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
4.1%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$691.3K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
5.6%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Lone Tree, 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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