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Manitou Springs · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

El Paso County · Pikes Peak · home rule municipality · Pop. 4,577 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 4,834 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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

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FY2021 in brief

Manitou Springs collected $5,112 per resident (including city-run utilities), 2.1× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 62% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 57% above its peers, and 2.7× the state median. Debt per resident runs 73% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.1× the Colorado median.

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)

$5,112
62% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,154
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 86% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+19.3%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,448
10% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,837
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 76% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+11.0%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,888
57% above peers
Peer median
$1,839
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 89% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+11.5%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$959
73% below peers
Peer median
$3,532
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 37% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−12.3%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $5,112
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $5,112 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $24.7M ÷ population 4,834 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A60 Parking charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T11 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Manitou Springs runs city-owned utilities, which add 7.0% 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 4,834 residents, small changes in Manitou Springs's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Manitou Springs; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.1× 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 Transportation: $474 per resident, 85% above the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 3.6× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$5,112
per resident62% above peers
Money in: Manitou Springs revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,82713% abovepeers $1,616
$8763.6×peers $240
$8433.5×peers $240
$8372.8×peers $304
$3587% belowpeers $385
$186in line withpeers $178
$18618% abovepeers $158
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,448
per resident10% below peers
Money out: Manitou Springs spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,2036% belowpeers $1,274
$83632% abovepeers $634
$635in line withpeers $615
$47485% abovepeers $256
$26034% belowpeers $394
$4274% belowpeers $158
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Manitou Springs 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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Manitou Springs compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Manitou SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.0% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.1× the Colorado median.$5,112$3,448$2,888$1,827$959
EdgewaterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.$2,820$2,654$1,731$1,616$140
GlendaleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.5% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.0× the Colorado median.$8,623$7,771$6,474$4,337$3,886
Estes ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.6% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 4.2× the Colorado median.$9,298$9,364$3,952$3,638$7,026
FlorenceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 44.8% 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.$1,567$3,837$652$435$3,532
Mead$3,154$2,391$1,839$774$299
Peer median$3,154$3,837$1,839$1,616$3,532

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 $2,111 to FY2023 $6,486.$0$3.2K$6.5K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,387Peer median FY2021: $3,154Peer median FY2023: $5,680Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,111FY2021: $5,112FY2023: $6,486

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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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,111$1,387$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$5,112$3,154$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023$6,486$5,680$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,043 to FY2023 $5,576.$0$2.8K$5.6K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $1,315Peer median FY2021: $3,837Peer median FY2023: $5,621Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,043FY2021: $3,448FY2023: $5,576. 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 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
FY2016$2,043$1,315$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,448$3,837$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023$5,576$5,621$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $1,679 to FY2023 $3,800.$0$1.9K$3.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $587Peer median FY2021: $1,839Peer median FY2023: $3,782Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,679FY2021: $2,888FY2023: $3,800

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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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,679$587$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$2,888$1,839$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023$3,800$3,782$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,847 to FY2023 $3,819.$0$2.4K$4.8K’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $605Peer median FY2021: $3,532Peer median FY2023: $4,803Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,847FY2021: $959FY2023: $3,819

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$1,847$605$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$959$3,532$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023$3,819$4,803$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Manitou Springs’s finances

How much revenue does Manitou Springs collect per resident?
Manitou Springs collected $5,112 per resident in FY2021, 2.1× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Manitou Springs's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Manitou Springs spent $3,448 per resident in FY2021, 10% below the median of its peers: Edgewater, Glendale, Estes Park, Florence and Mead. See the figure
How much debt does Manitou Springs have per resident?
Manitou Springs carried $959 of debt per resident in FY2021, 73% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Manitou Springs compared with?
Manitou Springs is compared with Edgewater, Glendale, Estes Park, Florence and Mead: 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)
−1.7%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$65.7K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
10.1%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$449.2K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
10.4%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Manitou Springs, 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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