Snowmass Village · FY2023 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); FY2023 per-resident figures use 2,941 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, 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?

City website (opens in a new tab)

Fiscal yearCompare

FY2023 in brief

Snowmass Village collected $19,796 per resident, 5.5× the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 85% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 2.2× its peers, and 7.5× the state median. Debt per resident runs 52% below peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 5.8× 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)

$19,796

85% above peers

Peer median: $10,679
CO median · 97 with a published figure Median of the 97 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $3,580
Position: Higher than 94% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$17,473

43% above peers

Peer median: $12,211
CO median · 91 with a published figure Median of the 91 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $3,680
Position: Higher than 94% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$12,982

2.2× peers

Peer median: $5,889
CO median · 90 with a published figure Median of the 90 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,726
Position: Higher than 96% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,319

52% below peers

Peer median: $6,858
CO median · 91 with a published figure Median of the 91 Colorado municipalities with FY2023 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,130
Position: Higher than 69% of the 91 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 · $19,796

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$19,796 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $58.2M ÷ population 2,941 (2023 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
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T20 Licenses & permits
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- T51 Other taxes
- U01 Special assessments
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2023
  Survey file
  2024
  The 2024 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 is FY2023.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2023
  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 2,941 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, FY2023. Bars show Snowmass Village; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 5.8× 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: $11,899 per resident, 3.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 4.0× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$19,796

per resident85% above peers

Money in: Snowmass Village revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$6,711	$4,648	44% above peerspeers $4,648	34%

General sales tax $6,711 · peers $4,648 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$4,790	$1,188	4.0× peerspeers $1,188	24%

Other taxes $4,219 · peers $382 Licenses & permits $571 · peers $392 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T20 Licenses & permits T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits T51 Other taxes
	$3,181	$868	3.7× peerspeers $868	16%

Interest earnings $1,531 · peers $422 Special assessments $834 · peers $0 Miscellaneous $787 · peers $0 Fines & forfeits $28 · peers $29 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U01 Special assessments U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U99 Miscellaneous
	$2,897	$1,830	58% above peerspeers $1,830	15%

Housing & community development charges $1,410 · peers $113 Solid waste charges $536 · peers $0 Parks & recreation charges $376 · peers $0 General government (other) charges $323 · peers $45 Parking charges $252 · peers $53 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
	$1,480	$670	2.2× peerspeers $670	7%

Property tax $1,480 · peers $670 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$737	$752	in line with peerspeers $752	4%

State aid $523 · peers $104 Local government aid $214 · peers $109 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
None reported · peers $663	$0	$663	None reported	0%

Snowmass Village reported nothing in this category for FY2023. Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$17,473

per resident43% above peers

Money out: Snowmass Village spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$11,899	$3,719	3.2× peerspeers $3,719	68%

General government (other) $10,032 · peers $1,584 incl. $6,563 construction Central staff services $938 · peers $488 General public buildings $512 · peers $197 Financial administration $413 · peers $294 Judicial & legal $4 · peers $38 incl. $6,563 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E23 Financial administration E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services E31 General public buildings E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$2,168	$2,976	27% below peerspeers $2,976	12%

Housing & community development $1,393 · peers $1,821 Parks & recreation $775 · peers $1,251 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E50 Housing & community development E61 Parks & recreation
	$2,051	$1,225	68% above peerspeers $1,225	12%

Transit $1,578 · peers $0 Streets & highways $473 · peers $809 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways E94 Transit
	$843	$854	in line with peerspeers $854	5%

Police $843 · peers $854 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$409	$1,233	67% below peerspeers $1,233	2%

Solid waste $409 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E81 Solid waste
	$103	$103	in line with peerspeers $103	1%

Interest on debt $103 · peers $103 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 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, FY2023. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Snowmass Village compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Snowmass VillageRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.8× the Colorado median.	$19,796	$17,473	$12,982	$6,711	$3,319
FriscoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.5% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 4.2× the Colorado median.	$10,679	$12,211	$6,113	$4,850	$5,230
TellurideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.1% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 4.0× the Colorado median.	$22,046	$9,710	$5,889	$4,648	$24,791
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.3% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 3.0× the Colorado median.	$7,075	$7,786	$4,404	$3,466	$2,366
VailRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 9.1× the Colorado median.	$28,156	$25,065	$19,515	$10,490	$8,486
SilverthorneUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 7.7% of total revenue in FY2023. 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 2.9× the Colorado median.	$8,639	$12,413	$4,551	$3,363	Not reported for this year
Peer median	$10,679	$12,211	$5,889	$4,648	$6,858

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 $19,796 per resident in FY2023, 5.5× the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Snowmass Village's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Snowmass Village spent $17,473 per resident in FY2023, 43% above the median of its peers: Frisco, Telluride, Granby, Vail and Silverthorne. See the figure
How much debt does Snowmass Village have per resident?: Snowmass Village carried $3,319 of debt per resident in FY2023, 52% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Snowmass Village compared with?: Snowmass Village is compared with Frisco, Telluride, Granby, Vail 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): +0.9%/yr; 2023 estimate
Median household income: $107.6K; 2023 estimate
Poverty rate: 0.0%; 2023 estimate
Median home value: $1.7M; 2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 47.1%; 2023 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 2019-2023 · 2023
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2019-2023 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File · 2024 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - 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 · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2023 in brief

FY2023 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

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General government is Snowmass Village’s largest difference from its peers (3.2× the peer median in FY2023). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.