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Lyons · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

Boulder County · Denver Metro · statutory town · Pop. 2,119 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 2,158 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Lyons: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2023 in brief

Lyons collected $5,905 per resident (including city-run utilities), 65% above the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 87% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 25% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 47% below peers.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2023 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$5,905
87% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,155
CO median · 97 with a published figure
$3,580
Position
Higher than 73% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$4,544
54% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,952
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$3,680
Position
Higher than 64% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,464
25% below peers
Peer median
$1,949
CO median · 90 with a published figure
$1,726
Position
Higher than 38% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,607
47% below peers
Peer median
$3,058
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$2,130
Position
Higher than 37% of the 91 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 · $5,905
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $5,905 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $12.7M ÷ population 2,158 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A92 Electric utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Lyons runs city-owned utilities, which add 45.6% 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
  • With about 2,158 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, FY2023. Bars show Lyons; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $1,608 per resident, 2.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 6.2× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$5,905
per resident87% above peers
Money in: Lyons revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2,6966.2×peers $433
$9566.0×peers $159
$90556% belowpeers $2,056
$47226% abovepeers $373
$42835% abovepeers $316
$31729% belowpeers $449
$13148% abovepeers $89
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$4,544
per resident54% above peers
Money out: Lyons spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,85614% abovepeers $1,635
$1,6082.2×peers $740
$48679% abovepeers $271
$25755% belowpeers $567
$132No peer comparisonpeers $0
$12837% belowpeers $203
$7643% belowpeers $133
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 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, FY2023. How peers are chosen

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Lyons compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
LyonsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.6% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$5,905$4,544$1,464$905$1,607
La SalleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.8% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$3,155$1,850$1,300Not reported for this year
GlendaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.6% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 4.0× the Colorado median.$9,366$8,167$7,601$4,604$2,626
EdgewaterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.4% of total revenue in FY2023. 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.$2,629$2,952$1,949$1,862Not reported for this year
Manitou SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.7% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 1.9× the Colorado median.$6,486$5,576$3,800$2,251$3,819
FlorenceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 58.7% of total revenue in FY2023. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,262$1,535$783$491$3,058
Peer median$3,155$2,952$1,949$2,056$3,058

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 revenue does Lyons collect per resident?
Lyons collected $5,905 per resident in FY2023, 65% above the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Lyons's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Lyons spent $4,544 per resident in FY2023, 54% above the median of its peers: La Salle, Glendale, Edgewater, Manitou Springs and Florence. See the figure
How much debt does Lyons have per resident?
Lyons carried $1,607 of debt per resident in FY2023, 47% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Lyons compared with?
Lyons is compared with La Salle, Glendale, Edgewater, Manitou Springs and Florence: 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)
+0.8%/yr
2023 estimate
Median household income
$132.6K
2023 estimate
Poverty rate
8.7%
2023 estimate
Median home value
$855K
2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
1.9%
2023 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Lyons, 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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