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Longmont · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Boulder, Weld counties · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 100,109 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 99,762 · Census finance data FY2016–FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2022). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Longmont: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Longmont collected $3,522 per resident (including city-run utilities), 42% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 24% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 17% below its peers, but 28% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 57% above 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)

$3,522
24% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,840
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 72% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+5.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,114
30% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,404
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 71% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−0.7%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,371
17% below peers
Peer median
$1,656
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 63% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.0%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,136
57% above peers
Peer median
$2,000
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 78% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+9.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,522
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,522 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $351.4M ÷ population 99,762 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A59 Natural resources charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • 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
    • U41 Royalties
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Longmont runs city-owned utilities, which add 37.1% 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 Longmont; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,805 per resident, 3.3× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 4.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,522
per resident24% above peers
Money in: Longmont revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,3064.3×peers $306
$6748.0×peers $85
$49527% abovepeers $391
$43656% belowpeers $988
$26241% belowpeers $442
$24689% abovepeers $130
$10425% belowpeers $140
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,114
per resident30% above peers
Money out: Longmont spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,8053.3×peers $549
$54827% abovepeers $433
$39814% belowpeers $462
$24826% belowpeers $336
$9434% abovepeers $70
$1687% belowpeers $129
$610.1×peers $1
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Longmont 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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Longmont compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LongmontUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 37.1% 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.$3,522$3,114$1,371$436$3,136
BoulderUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.3% 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.$3,039$2,541$1,782$934$2,000
WestminsterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.6% 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.$2,640$2,404$1,531$1,041$2,987
Centennial$684$690$566$441$24
BroomfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.5% 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.$4,149$5,477$2,231$1,130$5,201
Peer median$2,840$2,404$1,656$934$2,000

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 $2,701 to FY2022 $3,830. 1 year withheld.$0$1.9K$3.8K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,552Peer median FY2017: $2,532Peer median FY2018: $3,053Peer median FY2019: $2,694Peer median FY2020: $2,940Peer median FY2021: $2,840Peer median FY2022: $3,568Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,701FY2017: $2,727FY2018: $2,963FY2019: $3,013FY2020: $3,122FY2021: $3,522FY2022: $3,830FY2023: withheld — Rejected on review

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2023 withheld: Rejected on review

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, 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$2,701$2,552$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2017$2,727$2,532$2,694 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$2,963$3,053$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,013$2,694$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$3,122$2,940$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,522$2,840$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$3,830$3,568$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023Withheld (Rejected on review)Benchmark unavailable$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,226 to FY2022 $3,432. 1 year withheld.$0$1.8K$3.6K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,456Peer median FY2017: $2,417Peer median FY2018: $2,719Peer median FY2019: $2,398Peer median FY2020: $2,385Peer median FY2021: $2,404Peer median FY2022: $2,615Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,226FY2017: $3,398FY2018: $3,505FY2019: $3,584FY2020: $2,574FY2021: $3,114FY2022: $3,432. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 1% of this city's typical level in other years

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.

  • FY2023 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 1% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, 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$3,226$2,456$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2017$3,398$2,417$2,663 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$3,505$2,719$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,584$2,398$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,574$2,385$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,114$2,404$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$3,432$2,615$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 1% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $975 to FY2022 $1,510. 1 year withheld.$0$955.7$1.9K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,114Peer median FY2017: $1,141Peer median FY2018: $1,328Peer median FY2019: $1,293Peer median FY2020: $1,477Peer median FY2021: $1,656Peer median FY2022: $1,911Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $975FY2017: $1,014FY2018: $1,117FY2019: $1,167FY2020: $1,237FY2021: $1,371FY2022: $1,510FY2023: withheld — Rejected on review

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2023 withheld: Rejected on review

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, 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$975$1,114$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017$1,014$1,141$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$1,117$1,328$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,167$1,293$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,237$1,477$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,371$1,656$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$1,510$1,911$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023Withheld (Rejected on review)Benchmark unavailable$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $2,033 to FY2022 $3,005. 1 year withheld.$0$1.6K$3.1K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $236Peer median FY2017: $972Peer median FY2018: $2,120Peer median FY2019: $1,442Peer median FY2020: $1,852Peer median FY2021: $2,000Peer median FY2022: $2,805Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,033FY2017: $1,949FY2018: $1,861FY2019: $1,749FY2020: $1,968FY2021: $3,136FY2022: $3,005FY2023: withheld — Rejected on review

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2023 withheld: Rejected on review

Peer group changed in FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, 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$2,033$236$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2017$1,949$972$1,482 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$1,861$2,120$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,749$1,442$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,968$1,852$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,136$2,000$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$3,005$2,805$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023Withheld (Rejected on review)Benchmark unavailable$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Longmont’s finances

How much revenue does Longmont collect per resident?
Longmont collected $3,522 per resident in FY2021, 42% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Longmont's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Longmont spent $3,114 per resident in FY2021, 30% above the median of its peers: Boulder, Westminster, Centennial and Broomfield. See the figure
How much debt does Longmont have per resident?
Longmont carried $3,136 of debt per resident in FY2021, 57% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Longmont compared with?
Longmont is compared with Boulder, Westminster, Centennial and Broomfield: 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)
+1.2%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$83.1K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
8.2%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$423.3K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
4.1%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Longmont, 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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