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Milliken · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 9,183 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 6,942 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022

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FY2016 in brief

Milliken collected $1,113 per resident (including city-run utilities), 36% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 34% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 24% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,113
45% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,025
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$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)

$943
66% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,736
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 20% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$536
34% below peers
Peer median
$807
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 42% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$811
24% below peers
Peer median
$1,074
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 41% 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 · $1,113
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,113 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $7.7M ÷ population 6,942 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • U20 Interest earnings

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Milliken runs city-owned utilities, which add 32.3% 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, FY2016. Bars show Milliken; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Parks, libraries & community: none reported, against a peer median of $515 per resident. On the revenue side, property tax is 3.4× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,113
per resident45% below peers
Money in: Milliken revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$35918% abovepeers $304
$3503.4×peers $103
$21420% belowpeers $269
$18650% belowpeers $375
$398% belowpeers $206
None reported · peers $155$0None reported
None reported · peers $41$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$943
per resident66% below peers
Money out: Milliken spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$81938% belowpeers $1,325
$10672% belowpeers $379
$1865% belowpeers $51
None reported · peers $515$0None reported
None reported · peers $256$0None reported
None reported · peers $239$0None reported
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

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Milliken compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
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
BerthoudUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.6% 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.$3,154$2,895$524$375$168
WellingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.$1,178Not reported for this year$221
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
Estes ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.8% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.8× the Colorado median.$6,610$7,641$2,687$2,088$2,012
Woodland ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.3% 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.$2,025$2,578$1,090$798$3,505
Peer median$2,025$2,736$807$586$1,074

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 $1,113 per resident in FY2016, 36% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Milliken's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Milliken spent $943 per resident in FY2016, 66% below the median of its peers: Berthoud, Wellington, Eaton, Estes Park and Woodland Park. See the figure
How much debt does Milliken have per resident?
Milliken carried $811 of debt per resident in FY2016, 24% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Milliken compared with?
Milliken is compared with Berthoud, Wellington, Eaton, Estes Park and Woodland Park: 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)
+3.9%/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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Sources

Dataset: Milliken, 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.

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