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Louisville · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Boulder County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 20,581 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 19,543 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

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

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FY2016 in brief

Louisville collected $2,989 per resident (including city-run utilities), 71% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 22% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 45% above its peers, and 88% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 69% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 1.6× 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)

$2,989
22% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,455
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 78% 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)

$3,686
2.1× peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,744
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 84% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,327
45% above peers
Peer median
$913
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 81% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$360
69% below peers
Peer median
$1,148
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 25% 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 · $2,989
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,989 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $58.4M ÷ population 19,543 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C50 State aid
    • C79 State aid
    • C80 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • C91 State aid
    • D30 Local government aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D79 Local government 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
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Louisville runs city-owned utilities, which add 22.2% 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 Louisville; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 1.6× 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 Utilities & environment: $1,867 per resident, 4.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 87% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,989
per resident22% above peers
Money in: Louisville revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$90487% abovepeers $483
$6642.2×peers $309
$50735% abovepeers $377
$3454.7×peers $73
$24712% belowpeers $280
$17617% abovepeers $150
$14652% belowpeers $307
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,686
per resident2.1× peers
Money out: Louisville spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,8674.2×peers $442
$64085% abovepeers $346
$48740% abovepeers $346
$354in line withpeers $357
$27714% belowpeers $323
$532.3×peers $23
$891% abovepeers $4
None reported · peers $5$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Louisville 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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Louisville compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LouisvilleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.$2,989$3,686$1,327$904$360
WindsorUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.9% 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.$1,602$1,460$705$334$522
GoldenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.2% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.6× the Colorado median.$3,369$3,223$1,445$902$1,148
ErieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.0% 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.$2,455$1,593$692$346$3,656
Greenwood VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 4.1× the Colorado median.$3,646$3,244$2,878$2,260$3,997
LafayetteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.7% 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.$2,279$1,744$913$483$1,071
Peer median$2,455$1,744$913$483$1,148

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 $2,989 to FY2023 $2,701.$0$2.1K$4.2K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,455Peer median FY2018: $3,256Peer median FY2019: $3,213Peer median FY2020: $2,873Peer median FY2021: $3,797Peer median FY2022: $4,181Peer median FY2023: $3,785Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,989FY2018: $3,041FY2019: $3,168FY2020: $2,824FY2021: $3,177FY2022: $3,923FY2023: $2,701

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, 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$2,989$2,455$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$3,041$3,256$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$3,168$3,213$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,824$2,873$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$3,177$3,797$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$3,923$4,181$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,701$3,785$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,686 to FY2023 $2,219.$0$2K$3.9K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,744Peer median FY2018: $2,418Peer median FY2019: $3,369Peer median FY2020: $2,812Peer median FY2021: $2,898Peer median FY2022: $3,285Peer median FY2023: $3,545Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,686FY2018: $3,931FY2019: $2,814FY2020: $2,495FY2021: $2,663FY2022: $3,130. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $2,219. 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 FY2018, FY2020, 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$3,686$1,744$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$3,931$2,418$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,814$3,369$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,495$2,812$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,663$2,898$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$3,130$3,285$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,219$3,545$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $1,327 to FY2023 $2,069.$0$1.4K$2.7K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $913Peer median FY2018: $1,515Peer median FY2019: $1,691Peer median FY2020: $1,645Peer median FY2021: $1,878Peer median FY2022: $2,730Peer median FY2023: $2,107Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,327FY2018: $1,789FY2019: $1,775FY2020: $1,580FY2021: $1,821FY2022: $2,124FY2023: $2,069

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, 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$1,327$913$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$1,789$1,515$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,775$1,691$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,580$1,645$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,821$1,878$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$2,124$2,730$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,069$2,107$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $360 to FY2023 $62.$0$1.5K$2.9K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,148Peer median FY2018: $1,116Peer median FY2019: $1,311Peer median FY2020: $1,712Peer median FY2021: $2,320Peer median FY2022: $2,337Peer median FY2023: $1,038Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $360FY2018: $1,914FY2019: $1,627FY2020: $1,678FY2021: $2,911FY2022: $2,783FY2023: $62

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, 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$360$1,148$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$1,914$1,116$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,627$1,311$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,678$1,712$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,911$2,320$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$2,783$2,337$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$62$1,038$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Louisville’s finances

How much revenue does Louisville collect per resident?
Louisville collected $2,989 per resident in FY2016, 71% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Louisville's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Louisville spent $3,686 per resident in FY2016, 2.1× the median of its peers: Windsor, Golden, Erie, Greenwood Village and Lafayette. See the figure
How much debt does Louisville have per resident?
Louisville carried $360 of debt per resident in FY2016, 69% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Louisville compared with?
Louisville is compared with Windsor, Golden, Erie, Greenwood Village and Lafayette: 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)
+1.0%/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

Dataset: Louisville, 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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