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Pierce · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 1,086 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,097 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Pierce: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Pierce collected $2,023 per resident (including city-run utilities), 18% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, in line with its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 24% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 94% 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)

$2,023
in line with peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,086
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 36% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,720
26% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,363
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 36% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−11.9%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$773
24% below peers
Peer median
$1,014
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 30% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+25.3%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$49
94% below peers
Peer median
$820
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 1% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−38.7%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,023
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,023 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $2.2M ÷ population 1,097 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Pierce runs city-owned utilities, which add 17.6% 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
  • With about 1,097 residents, small changes in Pierce'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 Pierce; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $985 per resident, 45% above the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 20% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,023
per residentin line with peers
Money in: Pierce revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$42310% belowpeers $471
$39211% belowpeers $440
$35820% belowpeers $448
$356in line withpeers $364
$325in line withpeers $325
$11228% abovepeers $88
$5760% belowpeers $141
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,720
per resident26% above peers
Money out: Pierce spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$98545% abovepeers $677
$30027% belowpeers $409
$1602.0×peers $80
$152No peer comparisonpeers $0
Peer median unavailable$124No peer comparison
$0100% belowpeers $30
None reported · peers $3$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Pierce 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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Pierce compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
PierceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.6% 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.$2,023$1,720$773$392$49
GilcrestUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 12.0% 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.$1,696$1,068$620$199$632
Deer TrailUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 42.4% 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.$1,174$1,155Not reported for this year$1,781
KerseyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.3% 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.$2,476$1,363$1,014$681$665
KeenesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 31.4% 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.$6,132$2,928$1,907$824$820
Peer median$2,086$1,363$1,014$753$820

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 $1,739 to FY2021 $2,023.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,142Peer median FY2021: $2,086Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,739FY2021: $2,023

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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$1,739$1,142$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,023$2,086$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,243 to FY2021 $1,720.$0$1.6K$3.2K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,194Peer median FY2021: $1,363Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,243FY2021: $1,720

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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$3,243$1,194$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,720$1,363$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $251 to FY2021 $773.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $404Peer median FY2021: $1,014Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $251FY2021: $773

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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$251$404$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$773$1,014$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $571 to FY2021 $49.$0$705.6$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $925Peer median FY2021: $820Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $571FY2021: $49

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021. 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$571$925$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$49$820$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Pierce’s finances

How much revenue does Pierce collect per resident?
Pierce collected $2,023 per resident in FY2021, 18% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Pierce's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Pierce spent $1,720 per resident in FY2021, 26% above the median of its peers: Gilcrest, Deer Trail, Kersey and Keenesburg. See the figure
How much debt does Pierce have per resident?
Pierce carried $49 of debt per resident in FY2021, 94% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Pierce compared with?
Pierce is compared with Gilcrest, Deer Trail, Kersey and Keenesburg: 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)
+3.3%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$68.4K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
4.5%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$256.6K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
1.2%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Pierce, 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

Utilities & environment is Pierce’s largest difference from its peers (45% above the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.

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