Snowmass Village · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Snowmass Village, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Pitkin County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 2,965 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 3,000 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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

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FY2021 in brief

Snowmass Village collected $15,733 per resident, 6.4× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 78% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.3× its peers, and 10.3× the state median. Debt per resident runs 80% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 6.6× the Colorado median.

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)

$15,733

78% above peers

Peer median: $8,847
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 98% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +7.2%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$10,647

2.1× peers

Peer median: $5,097
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 97% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +1.7%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$11,052

2.3× peers

Peer median: $4,753
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 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 99% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$316

80% below peers

Peer median: $1,595
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 14% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −37.5%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $15,733

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$15,733 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $47.2M ÷ population 3,000 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A50 Housing & community development charges
- A60 Parking charges
- A61 Parks & recreation charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T51 Other taxes
- T99 Other taxes
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U50 Private donations
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

With about 3,000 residents, small changes in Snowmass Village'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 Snowmass Village; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 6.6× the Colorado median.

Sales tax per resident is high, which usually means many non-residents shop, stay or work here. Per-resident figures divide citywide totals by residents only, so they overstate what residents themselves pay and use.

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $6,423 per resident, 2.1× the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 3.9× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$15,733

per resident78% above peers

Money in: Snowmass Village revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$5,669	$4,052	40% above peerspeers $4,052	36%

General sales tax $5,669 · peers $4,052 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$3,860	$993	3.9× peerspeers $993	25%

Other taxes $2,889 · peers $0 Licenses & permits $514 · peers $375 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) $457 · peers $312 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T19 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.) T29 Licenses & permits T51 Other taxes T99 Other taxes
	$2,273	$1,526	49% above peerspeers $1,526	14%

Housing & community development charges $1,046 · peers $25 Solid waste charges $436 · peers $0 General government (other) charges $357 · peers $745 Parks & recreation charges $288 · peers $185 Parking charges $145 · peers $0 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A50 Housing & community development charges A60 Parking charges A61 Parks & recreation charges A81 Solid waste charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$1,523	$67	22.8× peerspeers $67	10%

Property tax $1,523 · peers $67 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$1,464	$382	3.8× peerspeers $382	9%

State aid $1,464 · peers $93 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid
	$943	$146	6.5× peerspeers $146	6%

Private donations $525 · peers $0 Miscellaneous $362 · peers $0 Fines & forfeits $30 · peers $13 Interest earnings $26 · peers $5 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U50 Private donations U99 Miscellaneous
None reported · peers $744	$0	$744	None reported	0%

Snowmass Village reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems.

Peer median of 3 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$10,647

per resident2.1× peers

Money out: Snowmass Village spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$6,423	$3,006	2.1× peerspeers $3,006	60%

General government (other) $3,041 · peers $576 Central staff services $2,692 · peers $667 incl. $1,574 construction General public buildings $369 · peers $93 Financial administration $321 · peers $133 incl. $1,574 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other) F29 Central staff services
	$1,770	$38	46.2× peerspeers $38	17%

Transit $1,370 · peers $0 Streets & highways $399 · peers $0 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways E94 Transit
	$1,304	$1,068	22% above peerspeers $1,068	12%

Housing & community development $731 · peers $65 Parks & recreation $573 · peers $834 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E50 Housing & community development E61 Parks & recreation
	$669	$552	21% above peerspeers $552	6%

Police $669 · peers $552 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$323	$273	18% above peerspeers $273	3%

Solid waste $323 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E81 Solid waste
	$158	$20	7.8× peerspeers $20	1%

Interest on debt $158 · peers $20 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 220 reporting

Snowmass Village 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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Snowmass Village compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Snowmass VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 6.6× the Colorado median.	$15,733	$10,647	$11,052	$5,669	$316
FriscoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.9% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.5× the Colorado median.	$9,125	$6,629	$6,781	$4,772	$1,832
TellurideUtilities: 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 4.7× the Colorado median.	$8,847	$8,918	$5,185	$4,052	$22,389
SilverthorneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.8% 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.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.9× the Colorado median.	$7,598	$5,097	$4,321	$3,328	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$8,847	$5,097	$4,753	$3,690	$1,595

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

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, 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
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$11,120	$4,197	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$15,733	$8,847	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023	$19,796	$10,679	$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)

Expenditures per resident

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 FY2021, FY2023. 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	$9,763	$3,585	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$10,647	$5,097	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023	$17,473	$12,211	$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 6.6x the peer median

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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	Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 6.6x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$11,052	$4,753	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023	$12,982	$5,889	$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. 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	$3,312	$186	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$316	$1,595	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023	$3,319	$6,858	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Snowmass Village’s finances

How much revenue does Snowmass Village collect per resident?: Snowmass Village collected $15,733 per resident in FY2021, 6.4× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Snowmass Village's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Snowmass Village spent $10,647 per resident in FY2021, 2.1× the median of its peers: Frisco, Telluride and Silverthorne. See the figure
How much debt does Snowmass Village have per resident?: Snowmass Village carried $316 of debt per resident in FY2021, 80% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Snowmass Village compared with?: Snowmass Village is compared with Frisco, Telluride and Silverthorne: 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): +1.4%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $127.7K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 0.4%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $642.4K; 2020 estimate · nearest year to FY2021
Housing vacancy rate: 57.2%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Frisco$10,679 · FY2023
Buena Vista$2,987 · FY2021
Leadville
Telluride$22,046 · FY2023
Granby$7,075 · FY2023
Hayden$2,383 · FY2021
Basalt
Idaho Springs$3,956 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2016-2020 · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2016-2020 (opens in a new tab)
American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Snowmass Village · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 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

Snowmass Village and its peers

Trends

Questions about Snowmass Village’s finances

Community context

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Also in Central Mountains & Resort

Sources

General government is Snowmass Village’s largest difference from its peers (2.1× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.