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Milliken · FY2022 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 9,183 (2025 estimate); FY2022 per-resident figures use 9,057 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Milliken: FY2022. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2022 in brief

Milliken collected $1,700 per resident (including city-run utilities), 44% below the median of the 72 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 65% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 55% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 51% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2022 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,700
65% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$4,845
CO median · 72 with a published figure
$3,031
Position
Higher than 13% of the 72 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,136
67% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$3,461
CO median · 71 with a published figure
$3,025
Position
Higher than 7% of the 71 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$873
55% below peers
Peer median
$1,954
CO median · 71 with a published figure
$1,631
Position
Higher than 17% of the 71 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$659
51% below peers
Peer median
$1,356
CO median · 73 with a published figure
$2,068
Position
Higher than 17% of the 73 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 · $1,700
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,700 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $15.4M ÷ population 9,057 (2022 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Milliken runs city-owned utilities, which add 18.5% 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

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2022. Bars show Milliken; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $410 per resident, 74% below the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 71% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,700
per resident65% below peers
Money in: Milliken revenue per resident by category, FY2022, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$37671% belowpeers $1,293
$3392.2×peers $156
$31428% belowpeers $437
$305in line withpeers $309
$15845% belowpeers $287
$12261% belowpeers $311
$8557% belowpeers $198
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 72 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,136
per resident67% below peers
Money out: Milliken spending per resident by category, FY2022, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$41074% belowpeers $1,557
$40932% belowpeers $598
$16275% belowpeers $655
$8251% belowpeers $169
$4450% belowpeers $89
$2821% belowpeers $36
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 71 reporting

Milliken 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, FY2022. How peers are chosen

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Milliken compared with its peer municipalities, FY2022, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
MillikenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.5% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$1,700$1,136$873$376$659
SeveranceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.6% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$1,591$1,302$604$306Not reported for this year
WellingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.1% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$1,738$811$688$329$1,899
Estes ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 47.3% of total revenue in FY2022. 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 3.4× the Colorado median.$10,374$9,323$4,293$3,922$6,835
TrinidadUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 34.6% of total revenue in FY2022. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$5,096$5,080$1,954$1,293$255
Lone TreeRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.7× the Colorado median.$4,845$3,461$3,492$3,109$813
Peer median$4,845$3,461$1,954$1,293$1,356

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 $1,113 to FY2022 $1,700.$0$2.4K$4.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,025Peer median FY2018: $4,006Peer median FY2019: $3,923Peer median FY2020: $4,605Peer median FY2021: $2,303Peer median FY2022: $4,845Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,113FY2018: $1,903FY2019: $1,871FY2020: $1,825FY2021: $1,854FY2022: $1,700

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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$1,113$2,025$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$1,903$4,006$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,871$3,923$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,825$4,605$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,854$2,303$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$1,700$4,845$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $943 to FY2022 $1,136.$0$1.7K$3.5K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $2,736Peer median FY2018: $2,546Peer median FY2019: $3,471Peer median FY2020: $3,499Peer median FY2021: $1,994Peer median FY2022: $3,461Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $943FY2018: $1,964FY2019: $1,974FY2020: $1,975FY2021: $1,059FY2022: $1,136. 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 FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. 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$943$2,736$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$1,964$2,546$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,974$3,471$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,975$3,499$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,059$1,994$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,136$3,461$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $536 to FY2022 $873.$0$1K$2.1K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $807Peer median FY2018: $1,344Peer median FY2019: $1,323Peer median FY2020: $2,071Peer median FY2021: $948Peer median FY2022: $1,954Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $536FY2018: $677FY2019: $682FY2020: $715FY2021: $869FY2022: $873

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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$536$807$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$677$1,344$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$682$1,323$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$715$2,071$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$869$948$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$873$1,954$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $811 to FY2022 $659.$0$2.4K$4.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22Peer median FY2016: $1,074Peer median FY2018: $649Peer median FY2019: $3,162Peer median FY2020: $4,841Peer median FY2021: $2,890Peer median FY2022: $1,356Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $811FY2018: $1,064FY2019: $599FY2020: $192FY2021: $769FY2022: $659

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022. 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$811$1,074$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$1,064$649$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$599$3,162$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$192$4,841$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$769$2,890$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$659$1,356$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Milliken’s finances

How much revenue does Milliken collect per resident?
Milliken collected $1,700 per resident in FY2022, 44% below the median of the 72 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Milliken's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Milliken spent $1,136 per resident in FY2022, 67% below the median of its peers: Severance, Wellington, Estes Park, Trinidad and Lone Tree. See the figure
How much debt does Milliken have per resident?
Milliken carried $659 of debt per resident in FY2022, 51% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Milliken compared with?
Milliken is compared with Severance, Wellington, Estes Park, Trinidad and Lone Tree: 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)
+4.3%/yr
2022 estimate
Median household income
$96.8K
2022 estimate
Poverty rate
3.1%
2022 estimate
Median home value
$388K
2022 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
2.4%
2022 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Milliken, 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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