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Platteville · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld County · Northern Front Range · statutory town · Pop. 2,908 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 2,989 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

You’re viewing FY2016. See the latest view (FY2021). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Platteville: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2016 in brief

Platteville collected $1,191 per resident (including city-run utilities), 32% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 20% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 44% below its peers. Debt per resident runs 98% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2016 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$1,191
20% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,494
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 35% 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)

$3,527
2.0× CO median
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 82% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$456
44% below peers
Peer median
$808
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 34% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$58
98% below peers
Peer median
$2,956
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 2% 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 · $1,191
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $1,191 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $3.6M ÷ population 2,989 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A81 Solid waste charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C30 State aid
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U01 Special assessments
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U41 Royalties
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Platteville runs city-owned utilities, which add 22.5% 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 2,989 residents, small changes in Platteville'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 Platteville; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Other revenue: $143 per resident, 2.3× the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$1,191
per resident20% below peers
Money in: Platteville revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$26824% abovepeers $216
$23636% abovepeers $174
$235in line withpeers $236
$16931% belowpeers $246
$1432.3×peers $63
$9047% belowpeers $169
$505% belowpeers $53
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,527
per resident
Money out: Platteville spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
Peer median unavailable$382No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$284No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$277No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$129No peer comparison
Peer median unavailable$3No peer comparison
Withheld
Peer median of 2 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Platteville 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

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Platteville compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
PlattevilleUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 22.5% 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.$1,191$3,527$456$169$58
HudsonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.7% 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.$2,074$2,449$808$246$3,247
Palmer LakeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.1% 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.$914Not reported for this year$172
BennettUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 14.7% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 1.8× the Colorado median.$2,188$3,863$1,224$998$4,043
KerseyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 24.9% 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.$764$435$246$938
Peer median$1,494Benchmark unavailable$808$246$2,956

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 $1,191 to FY2021 $2,711.$0$1.4K$2.7K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,494Peer median FY2021: $2,178Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,191FY2021: $2,711

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$1,191$1,494$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,711$2,178$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $3,527 to FY2021 $3,418.$0$1.8K$3.5K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $1,973Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,527FY2021: $3,418

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$3,527Benchmark unavailable$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$3,418$1,973$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $456 to FY2021 $1,003.$0$539.5$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $808Peer median FY2021: $1,079Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $456FY2021: $1,003

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$456$808$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,003$1,079$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $58 to FY2021 $446.$0$1.5K$3K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $2,956Peer median FY2021: $844Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $58FY2021: $446

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$58$2,956$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$446$844$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Platteville’s finances

How much revenue does Platteville collect per resident?
Platteville collected $1,191 per resident in FY2016, 32% below the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Platteville's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Platteville spent $3,527 per resident in FY2016, 2.0× the Colorado median. There was no peer group to compare with that year. See the figure
How much debt does Platteville have per resident?
Platteville carried $58 of debt per resident in FY2016, 98% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Platteville compared with?
Platteville is compared with Hudson, Palmer Lake, Bennett and Kersey: 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
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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Sources

Dataset: Platteville, 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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