Jefferson County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 364 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 400 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021
Latest Census Bureau finance data for Morrison: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?
Reason: Revenue per resident is 6.0x the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
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CO median · 227 with a published figure
Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.
Reason: Expenditures per resident is 3.2x the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
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CO median · 220 with a published figure
Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.
Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 5.6x the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
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CO median · 201 with a published figure
Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.
With about 400 residents, small changes in Morrison'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 Morrison; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work
Money in
Revenue
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Morrison · Revenue per resident · FY2021
Reason: Revenue per resident is 6.0x the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Morrison’s audited financial report.
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting
Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.
Money out
Spending
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Morrison · Spending per resident · FY2021
Reason: Expenditures per resident is 3.2x the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Morrison’s audited financial report.
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting
Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.
Morrison 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
Reason: Revenue per resident is 14% of the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
$1,678
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Jamestown · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021
Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 7% of the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
—Not reported for this year
—Not reported for this year
NunnUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.7% 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.
$2,471
—Not reported for this year
$1,041
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Nunn · Sales tax per resident · FY2021
Reason: Sales tax per resident is 14% of the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
—Not reported for this year
FoxfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 3.1% 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.
Reason: Revenue per resident is 5.2x the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
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Victor · Expenditures per resident · FY2021
Reason: Expenditures per resident is 5.1x the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
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Victor · Tax revenue per resident · FY2021
Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 3.5x the peer median
We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.
$380
—Not reported for this year
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—Not reported for this year
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.
This city
Peer median
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Colorado median (Census of Governments years only)
Tax revenue per resident
Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation
FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 7.8x the peer median
FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 5.6x the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year
This city
Peer median
Colorado median
FY2016
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$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021
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$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation
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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year
This city
Peer median
Colorado median
FY2016
$822
$1,215
$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021
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Questions about Morrison’s finances
Which cities is Morrison compared with?
Morrison is compared with Mountain View, Jamestown, Nunn, Foxfield and Victor: 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.
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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