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Louisville · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Boulder County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 20,581 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 20,883 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. 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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FY2021 in brief

Louisville collected $3,177 per resident (including city-run utilities), 28% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 16% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits in line with its peers, but 70% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 25% 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)

$3,177
16% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,797
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 68% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+1.2%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,663
8% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,898
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 64% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−6.3%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,821
in line with peers
Peer median
$1,878
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 77% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+6.5%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,911
25% above peers
Peer median
$2,320
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 75% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+51.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,177
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $3,177 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $66.3M ÷ population 20,883 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • 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
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Louisville runs city-owned utilities, which add 13.8% 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 Louisville; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $715 per resident, 2.9× the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 2.4× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,177
per resident16% below peers
Money in: Louisville revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,1765% belowpeers $1,243
$5722.4×peers $235
$47510% abovepeers $430
$44063% abovepeers $269
$31029% abovepeers $240
$17117% belowpeers $205
$3576% belowpeers $147
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,663
per resident8% below peers
Money out: Louisville spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$7152.9×peers $243
$60135% belowpeers $919
$47122% abovepeers $386
$44424% belowpeers $587
$31949% belowpeers $627
$11167% abovepeers $66
$2No peer comparisonpeers $0
None reported · peers $0$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 220 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, FY2021. How peers are chosen

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Louisville compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
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
GoldenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.8% 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.$3,282$3,075$1,878$1,243$987
Greenwood VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.6× the Colorado median.$3,883$3,103$3,323$2,252$3,621
JohnstownUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.5% 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.$3,601$1,563$902$3,105
Lone TreeRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.$3,797$2,599$2,231$1,895$1,055
ErieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.7% 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.$4,027$2,721$1,199$714$2,320
Peer median$3,797$2,898$1,878$1,243$2,320

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 $3,177 per resident in FY2021, 28% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Louisville's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Louisville spent $2,663 per resident in FY2021, 8% below the median of its peers: Golden, Greenwood Village, Johnstown, Lone Tree and Erie. See the figure
How much debt does Louisville have per resident?
Louisville carried $2,911 of debt per resident in FY2021, 25% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Louisville compared with?
Louisville is compared with Golden, Greenwood Village, Johnstown, Lone Tree and Erie: 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)
+1.3%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$125.1K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
5.2%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$677K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
3.1%
2021 estimate

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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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