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Lyons · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Boulder County · Denver Metro · statutory town · Pop. 2,119 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 2,077 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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FY2016 in brief

Debt per resident runs 95% below peers.

  • Revenue per resident withheld: Revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years
  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 8% of this city's typical level in other years

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)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Debt per resident (definition)

$176
95% below peers
Peer median
$3,252
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 12% 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 ·
Withheld pending verification

  1. 1Withheld

    Revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years It stays withheld until it is verified against Lyons’s audited financial report.

  2. 2Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • T01 Property tax
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  3. 3Source file

What the numbers mean

  • With about 2,077 residents, small changes in Lyons's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

Money in

Revenue

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Lyons’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Lyons’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Lyons 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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Lyons compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LyonsNot reported for this year$176
BennettUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.8× the Colorado median.$2,188$3,863$1,224$998$4,043
KerseyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.9% 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.$764$435$246$938
NederlandUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.4% 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.$2,488$3,088$1,313$677$3,547
La Salle$2,956
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this year$3,252

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
FY2021 $7,153 to FY2023 $5,905. 1 year withheld.$0$3.6K$7.2K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $2,178Peer median FY2023: $3,155Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $7,153FY2023: $5,905FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2021, 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
FY2016Withheld (Revenue per resident is 14% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$7,153$2,178$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$5,905$3,155$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2021 $5,472 to FY2023 $4,544. 1 year withheld.$0$2.7K$5.5K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $1,973Peer median FY2023: $2,952Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $5,472FY2023: $4,544. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2016: withheld — Expenditures per resident is 4% 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.

  • FY2016 withheld: Expenditures per resident is 4% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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
FY2016Withheld (Expenditures per resident is 4% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$5,472$1,973$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$4,544$2,952$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2021 $1,332 to FY2023 $1,464. 1 year withheld.$0$974.3$1.9K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $1,079Peer median FY2023: $1,949Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $1,332FY2023: $1,464FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 8% of this city's typical level in other years

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 8% of this city's typical level in other years

Peer group changed in FY2021, 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
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 8% of this city's typical level in other years)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,332$1,079$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$1,464$1,949$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $176 to FY2023 $1,607.$0$1.6K$3.3K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $3,252Peer median FY2021: $776Peer median FY2023: $3,058Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $176FY2021: $2,192FY2023: $1,607

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, 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$176$3,252$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$2,192$776$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$1,607$3,058$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Lyons’s finances

How much debt does Lyons have per resident?
Lyons carried $176 of debt per resident in FY2016, 95% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Lyons compared with?
Lyons is compared with Bennett, Kersey, Nederland and La Salle: 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)
−0.7%/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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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.

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