Mead · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Mead, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 7,042 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 4,845 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2021). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Mead: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Mead collected $1,149 per resident, 34% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 9% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 88% above its peers, and 12% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 44% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,149

9% below peers

Peer median: $1,258
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 31% of the 224 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,133

11% below peers

Peer median: $1,273
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 27% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$787

88% above peers

Peer median: $418
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 56% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$398

44% below peers

Peer median: $708
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 28% 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 · $1,149

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,149 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $5.6M ÷ population 4,845 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A80 Sewer charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- C30 State aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U01 Special assessments
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U50 Private donations
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

With about 4,845 residents, small changes in Mead'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 Mead; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $106 per resident, 82% below the peer median. On the revenue side, Mead reports no utility & transit charges; peers collect $282 per resident.

Money in

Revenue

$1,149

per resident9% below peers

Money in: Mead revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$400	$219	82% above peerspeers $219	35%

General sales tax $400 · peers $219 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$274	$166	65% above peerspeers $166	24%

Property tax $274 · peers $166 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$158	$214	26% below peerspeers $214	14%

Sewer charges $130 · peers $164 General government (other) charges $19 · peers $0 Parks & recreation charges $9 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A61 Parks & recreation charges A80 Sewer charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$142	$71	100% above peerspeers $71	12%

State aid $142 · peers $71 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C30 State aid C89 State aid
	$113	$74	52% above peerspeers $74	10%

Licenses & permits $79 · peers $74 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $33 · peers $0 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T29 Licenses & permits
	$62	$101	38% below peerspeers $101	5%

Special assessments $32 · peers $0 Miscellaneous $18 · peers $86 Private donations $6 · peers $0 Interest earnings $4 · peers $3 Fines & forfeits $3 · peers $12 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U01 Special assessments U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U50 Private donations U99 Miscellaneous
None reported · peers $282	$0	$282	None reported	0%

Mead reported nothing in this category for FY2016. Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,133

per resident11% below peers

Money out: Mead spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$423	$184	2.3× peerspeers $184	37%

Central staff services $207 · peers $105 incl. $17 construction Judicial & legal $71 · peers $0 General government (other) $62 · peers $49 incl. $49 construction Financial administration $43 · peers $0 General public buildings $40 · peers $0 incl. $66 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other) G29 Central staff services G89 General government (other)
	$284	$88	3.2× peerspeers $88	25%

Streets & highways $284 · peers $88 incl. $4 construction incl. $4 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways G44 Streets & highways
	$204	$38	5.4× peerspeers $38	18%

Parks & recreation $204 · peers $29 incl. $140 construction incl. $140 construction Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation G61 Parks & recreation
	$106	$599	82% below peerspeers $599	9%

Sewer $106 · peers $166 incl. $7 construction incl. $7 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer G80 Sewer
	$102	$165	39% below peerspeers $165	9%

Police $85 · peers $156 incl. $10 construction Protective inspection & regulation $17 · peers $0 incl. $10 construction Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police E66 Protective inspection & regulation G62 Police
	$16	$18	10% below peerspeers $18	1%

Interest on debt $16 · peers $18 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Mead 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

Open in Compare

Mead compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Mead	$1,149	$1,133	$787	$400	$398
SeveranceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.9% 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.	$1,258	$1,507	$418	$149	Not reported for this year
EatonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.1% 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.	$1,046	$1,037	$366	$241	$1,074
LochbuieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.2% 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.	$2,000	$1,273	$355	$219	$558
MillikenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.3% 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.	$1,113	$943	$536	$186	$811
DaconoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.3% 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.	$1,387	$1,357	$808	$363	$605
Peer median	$1,258	$1,273	$418	$219	$708

Utilities marks a municipality whose revenue and spending include city-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit), which raises its per-resident totals.

Trends

Every available fiscal year. Lines break where a year is missing or withheld; nothing is interpolated.

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Peer median
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Colorado median (Census of Governments years only)

Revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,149	$1,258	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$3,154	$2,820	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,133	$1,273	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$2,391	$3,140	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$787	$418	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$1,839	$2,310	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$398	$708	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$299	$959	$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Mead’s finances

How much revenue does Mead collect per resident?: Mead collected $1,149 per resident in FY2016, 34% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Mead's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Mead spent $1,133 per resident in FY2016, 11% below the median of its peers: Severance, Eaton, Lochbuie, Milliken and Dacono. See the figure
How much debt does Mead have per resident?: Mead carried $398 of debt per resident in FY2016, 44% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Mead compared with?: Mead is compared with Severance, Eaton, Lochbuie, Milliken and Dacono: 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): +6.2%/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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Also in Northern Front Range

Dacono$2,303 · FY2021
Eaton$1,473 · FY2021
Estes Park$11,394 · FY2023
Lochbuie$1,799 · FY2021
Milliken$1,700 · FY2022
Fort Lupton$6,892 · FY2023
Platteville$2,711 · FY2021
Ault$2,178 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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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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Mead · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Mead and its peers

Trends

Questions about Mead’s finances

Community context

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Also in Northern Front Range

Sources

Utilities & environment is Mead’s largest difference from its peers (82% below the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.