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Northglenn · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld, Adams counties · Northern Front Range · home rule municipality · Pop. 38,893 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 37,398 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Northglenn: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Northglenn collected $2,426 per resident (including city-run utilities), in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 21% below its peers, but in line with the state median. Debt per resident runs 69% above peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,426
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,532
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 48% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+13.9%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,441
36% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,260
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 26% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+4.2%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,044
21% below peers
Peer median
$1,329
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 49% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+8.4%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$2,330
69% above peers
Peer median
$1,382
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 70% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+232.5%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,426
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,426 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $90.7M ÷ population 37,398 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Northglenn runs city-owned utilities, which add 8.9% 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
  • Northglenn relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Northglenn; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Transportation: none reported, against a peer median of $195 per resident. On the revenue side, other revenue is 7.2× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,426
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Northglenn revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$86115% belowpeers $1,012
$8157.2×peers $114
$215in line withpeers $223
$1968% belowpeers $215
$18320% belowpeers $228
$15612% belowpeers $177
None reported · peers $97$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,441
per resident36% below peers
Money out: Northglenn spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$69422% belowpeers $886
$31031% belowpeers $446
$22839% belowpeers $372
$12759% belowpeers $307
$8385% abovepeers $45
None reported · peers $195$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Northglenn 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

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Northglenn compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
NorthglennUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.9% 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.$2,426$1,441$1,044$861$2,330
BrightonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.3% 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.$2,532$2,260$1,329$1,012$1,382
EnglewoodUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.7% 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.$3,095$2,642$1,590$1,055$1,156
WindsorUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.6% 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.$2,595$1,646$1,174$835$611
Wheat Ridge$2,285$1,858$1,390$1,118$2,167
Fountain$1,228$2,288$979$789$4,141
Peer median$2,532$2,260$1,329$1,012$1,382

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
  • Withheld (shown on the axis, no value)
  • Colorado median (Census of Governments years only)
Revenue per resident
FY2016 $1,266 to FY2023 $1,826.$0$1.3K$2.7K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,890Peer median FY2018: $2,403Peer median FY2019: $2,118Peer median FY2020: $2,089Peer median FY2021: $2,532Peer median FY2022: $2,692Peer median FY2023: $2,399Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,266FY2018: $1,222FY2019: $1,343FY2020: $1,427FY2021: $2,426FY2022: $1,880FY2023: $1,826

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in 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$1,266$1,890$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$1,222$2,403$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,343$2,118$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,427$2,089$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,426$2,532$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$1,880$2,692$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,826$2,399$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,173 to FY2023 $1,468.$0$1.2K$2.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,943Peer median FY2018: $2,028Peer median FY2019: $2,116Peer median FY2020: $2,344Peer median FY2021: $2,260Peer median FY2022: $2,398Peer median FY2023: $2,383Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,173FY2018: $1,313FY2019: $1,294FY2020: $2,090FY2021: $1,441FY2022: $1,442. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $1,468. 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 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$1,173$1,943$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$1,313$2,028$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,294$2,116$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,090$2,344$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,441$2,260$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,442$2,398$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,468$2,383$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $698 to FY2023 $1,047.$0$737.8$1.5K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $991Peer median FY2018: $1,173Peer median FY2019: $1,110Peer median FY2020: $1,133Peer median FY2021: $1,329Peer median FY2022: $1,415Peer median FY2023: $1,476Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $698FY2018: $678FY2019: $794FY2020: $744FY2021: $1,044FY2022: $1,066FY2023: $1,047

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in 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$698$991$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$678$1,173$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$794$1,110$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$744$1,133$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,044$1,329$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$1,066$1,415$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,047$1,476$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $6 to FY2023 $266.$0$1.2K$2.3K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,559Peer median FY2018: $1,187Peer median FY2019: $1,126Peer median FY2020: $904Peer median FY2021: $1,382Peer median FY2022: $954Peer median FY2023: $1,114Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $6FY2018: $564FY2019: $1,831FY2020: $275FY2021: $2,330FY2022: $282FY2023: $266

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in 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$6$1,559$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$564$1,187$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,831$1,126$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$275$904$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,330$1,382$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$282$954$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$266$1,114$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Northglenn’s finances

How much revenue does Northglenn collect per resident?
Northglenn collected $2,426 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Northglenn's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Northglenn spent $1,441 per resident in FY2021, 36% below the median of its peers: Brighton, Englewood, Windsor, Wheat Ridge and Fountain. See the figure
How much debt does Northglenn have per resident?
Northglenn carried $2,330 of debt per resident in FY2021, 69% above its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Northglenn compared with?
Northglenn is compared with Brighton, Englewood, Windsor, Wheat Ridge and Fountain: 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)
−1.0%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$73.2K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
8.4%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$351.5K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
3.8%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Northglenn, 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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