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Manitou Springs · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

El Paso County · Pikes Peak · home rule municipality · Pop. 4,577 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 4,625 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, 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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FY2023 in brief

Manitou Springs collected $6,486 per resident (including city-run utilities), 81% above the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 14% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits in line with its peers, but 2.2× the state median. Debt per resident runs 21% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 1.9× the Colorado median.

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)

$6,486
14% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$5,680
CO median · 97 with a published figure
$3,580
Position
Higher than 75% 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)

$5,576
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$5,621
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$3,680
Position
Higher than 73% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$3,800
in line with peers
Peer median
$3,782
CO median · 90 with a published figure
$1,726
Position
Higher than 80% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,819
21% below peers
Peer median
$4,803
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$2,130
Position
Higher than 73% 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 · $6,486
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $6,486 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $30M ÷ population 4,625 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A60 Parking charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) 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.)
    • T14 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T27 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Manitou Springs runs city-owned utilities, which add 6.7% 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 4,625 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, FY2023. Bars show Manitou Springs; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 1.9× 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: $1,032 per resident, 5.1× the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 8.8× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$6,486
per resident14% above peers
Money in: Manitou Springs revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$2,25112% belowpeers $2,565
$1,1934.1×peers $292
$1,1758.8×peers $133
$59633% abovepeers $449
$46455% abovepeers $299
$433in line withpeers $435
$37484% abovepeers $204
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$5,576
per residentin line with peers
Money out: Manitou Springs spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,77131% abovepeers $1,354
$1,0542.1×peers $499
$1,0325.1×peers $203
$92318% belowpeers $1,122
$65215% belowpeers $770
$1446% abovepeers $136
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 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, FY2023. How peers are chosen

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Manitou Springs compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
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
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
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
Estes ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 44.3% 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 3.5× the Colorado median.$11,394$11,678$4,347$3,994$6,548
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
SheridanUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 0.4% 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 2.2× the Colorado median.$5,680$5,621$3,782$2,564$24,519
Peer median$5,680$5,621$3,782$2,564$4,803

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 $6,486 per resident in FY2023, 81% above the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Manitou Springs's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Manitou Springs spent $5,576 per resident in FY2023, in line with the median of its peers: Edgewater, Glendale, Estes Park, Florence and Sheridan. See the figure
How much debt does Manitou Springs have per resident?
Manitou Springs carried $3,819 of debt per resident in FY2023, 21% 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 Sheridan: 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)
−2.8%/yr
2023 estimate
Median household income
$76.6K
2023 estimate
Poverty rate
9.8%
2023 estimate
Median home value
$545.8K
2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
11.6%
2023 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Manitou Springs, CO municipal finance benchmarks

Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Please credit “Source: Orivian Municipal Index, orivian.ai/benchmarks”. See the data use terms.

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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