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Parker · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Douglas County · Denver Metro · home rule municipality · Pop. 65,985 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 60,342 · 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 Parker: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Parker collected $1,983 per resident, 20% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. Tax revenue per resident sits 17% above its peers, and 32% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 10% below 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)

$1,983
18% below peers
Peer median
$2,433
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 35% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+5.4%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,507
25% below peers
Peer median
$1,998
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 28% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−0.9%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,419
17% above peers
Peer median
$1,215
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 66% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+7.6%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,010
10% below peers
Peer median
$1,124
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 40% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−4.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $1,983
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,983 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $119.7M ÷ population 60,342 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

No structural factors stand out in the data. The peer comparison below is a fair starting point.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $2 per resident, 99% below the peer median. On the revenue side, fees & charges is 50% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,983
per resident18% below peers
Money in: Parker revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$1,03818% abovepeers $878
$2644.4×peers $60
$21850% belowpeers $436
$18938% abovepeers $137
$15857% abovepeers $100
$11742% belowpeers $202
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,507
per resident25% below peers
Money out: Parker spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$45573% abovepeers $263
$372in line withpeers $387
$34132% abovepeers $258
$30130% belowpeers $433
$3716% belowpeers $44
$299% belowpeers $261
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Parker 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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Parker compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Parker$1,983$1,507$1,419$1,038$1,010
Castle RockUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.1% 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.$2,554$2,939$1,015$873$1,124
Commerce CityRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.8× the Colorado median.$2,433$1,998$1,913$1,545$4,203
BroomfieldUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 6.5% 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.$4,149$5,477$2,231$1,130$5,201
Littleton$1,859$1,622$1,215$878$234
Centennial$684$690$566$441$24
Peer median$2,433$1,998$1,215$878$1,124

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 $1,525 to FY2023 $2,690.$0$1.3K$2.7K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,245Peer median FY2018: $2,488Peer median FY2019: $2,128Peer median FY2020: $2,025Peer median FY2021: $2,433Peer median FY2022: $2,474Peer median FY2023: $2,552Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,525FY2018: $1,670FY2019: $1,713FY2020: $2,150FY2021: $1,983FY2022: $2,036FY2023: $2,690

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2022, FY2023. 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$1,525$2,245$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$1,670$2,488$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,713$2,128$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,150$2,025$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,983$2,433$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$2,036$2,474$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,690$2,552$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,576 to FY2023 $1,855.$0$1.3K$2.6K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,925Peer median FY2018: $2,028Peer median FY2019: $1,620Peer median FY2020: $1,787Peer median FY2021: $1,998Peer median FY2022: $2,421Peer median FY2023: $2,569Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,576FY2018: $1,304FY2019: $1,363FY2020: $1,519FY2021: $1,507FY2022: $1,430. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $1,855. 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 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$1,576$1,925$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$1,304$2,028$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,363$1,620$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,519$1,787$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,507$1,998$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,430$2,421$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,855$2,569$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $982 to FY2023 $1,626.$0$812.8$1.6K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $991Peer median FY2018: $1,134Peer median FY2019: $1,046Peer median FY2020: $1,103Peer median FY2021: $1,215Peer median FY2022: $1,338Peer median FY2023: $1,476Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $982FY2018: $1,065FY2019: $1,047FY2020: $1,190FY2021: $1,419FY2022: $1,512FY2023: $1,626

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$982$991$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$1,065$1,134$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,047$1,046$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,190$1,103$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,419$1,215$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$1,512$1,338$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,626$1,476$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,247 to FY2023 $844.$0$1.1K$2.3K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,551Peer median FY2018: $2,272Peer median FY2019: $835Peer median FY2020: $1,282Peer median FY2021: $1,124Peer median FY2022: $968Peer median FY2023: $847Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,247FY2018: $1,067FY2019: $839FY2020: $1,110FY2021: $1,010FY2022: $931FY2023: $844

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2019, FY2020. 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$1,247$1,551$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$1,067$2,272$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$839$835$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,110$1,282$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,010$1,124$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$931$968$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$844$847$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Parker’s finances

How much revenue does Parker collect per resident?
Parker collected $1,983 per resident in FY2021, 20% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Parker's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Parker spent $1,507 per resident in FY2021, 25% below the median of its peers: Castle Rock, Commerce City, Broomfield, Littleton and Centennial. See the figure
How much debt does Parker have per resident?
Parker carried $1,010 of debt per resident in FY2021, 10% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Parker compared with?
Parker is compared with Castle Rock, Commerce City, Broomfield, Littleton and Centennial: 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)
+3.0%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$120.1K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
3.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$475.4K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
4.3%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Parker, 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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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