Pierce · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Pierce, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 1,086 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 934 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (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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FY2016 in brief

Pierce collected $1,739 per resident (including city-run utilities), in line with the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 52% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 38% below its peers, and 64% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 38% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,739

52% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,142
CO median · 224 with a published figure Median of the 224 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,746
Position: Higher than 50% 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)

$3,243

2.7× peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $1,194
CO median · 196 with a published figure Median of the 196 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,749
Position: Higher than 78% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$251

38% below peers

Peer median: $404
CO median · 193 with a published figure Median of the 193 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $705
Position: Higher than 19% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$571

38% below peers

Peer median: $925
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 33% 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 · $1,739

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$1,739 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $1.6M ÷ population 934 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- C46 State aid
- C89 State aid
- C91 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T24 Licenses & permits
- T27 Licenses & permits
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Pierce runs city-owned utilities, which add 20.8% 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 934 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, FY2016. Bars show Pierce; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $2,580 per resident, 8.7× the peer median. On the revenue side, intergovernmental is 6.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$1,739

per resident52% above peers

Money in: Pierce revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$604	$99	6.1× peerspeers $99	35%

State aid $604 · peers $60 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C46 State aid C89 State aid C91 State aid
	$383	$15	26.4× peerspeers $15	22%

Sewer charges $335 · peers $0 Solid waste charges $48 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges
	$362	$229	58% above peerspeers $229	21%

Water utility charges $362 · peers $229 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges
	$168	$200	16% below peerspeers $200	10%

General sales tax $168 · peers $200 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$139	$40	3.5× peerspeers $40	8%

Miscellaneous $128 · peers $0 Fines & forfeits $11 · peers $2 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U30 Fines & forfeits U99 Miscellaneous
	$72	$152	53% below peerspeers $152	4%

Property tax $72 · peers $152 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$11	$64	83% below peerspeers $64	1%

Licenses & permits $11 · peers $31 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T20 Licenses & permits T24 Licenses & permits T27 Licenses & permits

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,243

per resident2.7× peers

Money out: Pierce spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$2,580	$295	8.7× peerspeers $295	80%

Water utility $2,123 · peers $202 incl. $1,844 construction Sewer $416 · peers $0 incl. $126 construction Solid waste $41 · peers $0 incl. $1,970 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility F80 Sewer F91 Water utility
	$309	$224	38% above peerspeers $224	10%

Central staff services $282 · peers $190 General government (other) $24 · peers $0 Judicial & legal $4 · peers $11 Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E89 General government (other)
	$166	$259	36% below peerspeers $259	5%

Police $125 · peers $259 Protective inspection & regulation $41 · peers $5 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police E66 Protective inspection & regulation
	$102	$111	8% below peerspeers $111	3%

Streets & highways $102 · peers $111 incl. $24 construction incl. $24 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways F44 Streets & highways
	$61	$28	2.2× peerspeers $28	2%

Parks & recreation $61 · peers $18 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E61 Parks & recreation
	$25	$43	43% below peerspeers $43	1%

Interest on debt $25 · peers $43 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I89 Interest on debt

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 196 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, FY2016. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Pierce compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
PierceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.8% 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.	$1,739	$3,243	$251	$168	$571
CalhanUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 45.9% 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.	$1,275	$1,194	$404	$223	$390
KeenesburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.0% 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.	$1,142	$1,534	$378	$166	$1,352
Green Mountain Falls	$761	$814	$578	$200	Not reported for this year
Timnath	$3,675	$2,925	Withheld Timnath · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 7.4x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	Withheld Timnath · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 20.5x the peer median We don't publish figures that fail our quality checks until they're verified against the city's audited financial report.	$657
WilliamsburgUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 75.8% 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.	$501	$429	Withheld Williamsburg · Tax revenue per resident · FY2016 Reason: Tax revenue per resident is 15% 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.	Withheld Williamsburg · Sales tax per resident · FY2016 Reason: Sales tax per resident is 12% 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.	$1,192
Peer median	$1,142	$1,194	$404	$200	$925

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

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$1,739	$1,142	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$2,023	$2,086	$2,476 (227 reporting)

Expenditures per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,243	$1,194	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$1,720	$1,363	$2,208 (220 reporting)

Tax revenue per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$251	$404	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$773	$1,014	$1,072 (201 reporting)

Debt per resident

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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado 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 $1,739 per resident in FY2016, in line with the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Pierce's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Pierce spent $3,243 per resident in FY2016, 2.7× the median of its peers: Calhan, Keenesburg, Green Mountain Falls, Timnath and Williamsburg. See the figure
How much debt does Pierce have per resident?: Pierce carried $571 of debt per resident in FY2016, 38% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Pierce compared with?: Pierce is compared with Calhan, Keenesburg, Green Mountain Falls, Timnath and Williamsburg: 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): +2.0%/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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Also in Northern Front Range

Gilcrest$1,696 · FY2021
Kersey$2,476 · FY2021
Hudson$2,074 · FY2016
Nunn$2,471 · FY2021
Grover$1,325 · FY2021
Raymer$361 · FY2021
Keenesburg$6,132 · FY2021
La Salle$3,155 · FY2023

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Pierce · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2016 in brief

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Pierce and its peers

Trends

Questions about Pierce’s finances

Community context

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Also in Northern Front Range

Sources

Utilities & environment is Pierce’s largest difference from its peers (8.7× the peer median in FY2016). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.