Timnath · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Timnath, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Weld, Larimer counties · Northern Front Range · home rule municipality · Pop. 11,600 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 7,805 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

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

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FY2021 in brief

Timnath collected $6,051 per resident, 2.4× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 2.6× its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 3.3× its peers, and 2.7× the state median. Debt per resident runs 3.1× peers.

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.2× 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)

$6,051

2.6× peers

Peer median: $2,303
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 89% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +10.5%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$4,986

2.5× peers

Peer median: $1,994
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 87% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +11.3%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$2,879

3.3× peers

Peer median: $869
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 89% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$7,649

3.1× peers

Peer median: $2,492
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 92% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +63.4%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $6,051

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$6,051 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $47.2M ÷ population 7,805 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- C89 State aid
- D89 Local government aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- U01 Special assessments
- U11 Sale of property
- U20 Interest earnings
- U30 Fines & forfeits
- 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

Debt per resident is 3.1× the peer median. One large bond issue can do this; check the city's annual financial report for what it funded.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Timnath; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

Regional hub: sales tax per resident is 2.2× 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: $2,420 per resident, 7.4× the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 4.7× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$6,051

per resident2.6× peers

Money in: Timnath 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
	$1,859	$393	4.7× peerspeers $393	31%

General sales tax $1,859 · peers $393 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$1,665	$250	6.7× peerspeers $250	28%

Local government aid $1,623 · peers $206 State aid $42 · peers $50 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items C89 State aid D89 Local government aid
	$1,508	$132	11.4× peerspeers $132	25%

Miscellaneous $910 · peers $9 Special assessments $576 · peers $58 Fines & forfeits $14 · peers $9 Interest earnings $5 · peers $2 Sale of property $3 · peers $0 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U01 Special assessments U11 Sale of property U20 Interest earnings U30 Fines & forfeits U99 Miscellaneous
	$1,019	$334	3.1× peerspeers $334	17%

Property tax $1,019 · peers $334 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
None reported · peers $464	$0	$464	None reported	0%

Timnath reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems.
None reported · peers $437	$0	$437	None reported	0%

Timnath reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports.
None reported · peers $105	$0	$105	None reported	0%

Timnath reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$4,986

per resident2.5× peers

Money out: Timnath 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
	$2,420	$326	7.4× peerspeers $326	49%

General government (other) $1,482 · peers $122 incl. $513 construction Central staff services $936 · peers $138 incl. $242 construction Judicial & legal $2 · peers $12 incl. $755 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E25 Judicial & legal E29 Central staff services F29 Central staff services F89 General government (other) M89 General government (other)
	$1,109	$139	8.0× peerspeers $139	22%

Housing & community development $675 · peers $56 incl. $645 construction Parks & recreation $434 · peers $39 incl. $363 construction incl. $1,008 construction Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E50 Housing & community development E61 Parks & recreation F50 Housing & community development F61 Parks & recreation
	$778	$60	12.9× peerspeers $60	16%

Streets & highways $778 · peers $60 incl. $464 construction incl. $464 construction Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways F44 Streets & highways
	$388	$33	11.9× peerspeers $33	8%

Interest on debt $388 · peers $33 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Census line items I89 Interest on debt
	$290	$167	74% above peerspeers $167	6%

Police $290 · peers $167 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$0	$398	100% below peerspeers $398	<1%

Water utility $0 · peers $230 incl. $0 construction incl. $0 construction Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items F91 Water utility

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Timnath 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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Timnath compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
TimnathRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.2× the Colorado median.	$6,051	$4,986	$2,879	$1,859	$7,649
SeveranceUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 20.1% 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.	$2,338	$1,994	$716	$395	Not reported for this year
LochbuieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.8% 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.	$1,799	$790	$409	$255	$663
DaconoUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.5% 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.	$2,303	$2,833	$948	$393	$4,422
Fort LuptonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.6% 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.	$4,875	$3,568	$2,287	$1,061	$4,216
MillikenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 17.3% 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.	$1,854	$1,059	$869	$373	$769
Peer median	$2,303	$1,994	$869	$393	$2,492

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	$3,675	$1,142	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$6,051	$2,303	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023	$3,490	$1,775	$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	$2,925	$822	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$4,986	$1,994	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023	$3,500	$2,270	$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 7.4x 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 7.4x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$2,879	$869	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023	$2,599	$648	$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	$657	$446	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$7,649	$2,492	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023	$4,720	Benchmark unavailable	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Timnath’s finances

How much revenue does Timnath collect per resident?: Timnath collected $6,051 per resident in FY2021, 2.4× the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Timnath's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Timnath spent $4,986 per resident in FY2021, 2.5× the median of its peers: Severance, Lochbuie, Dacono, Fort Lupton and Milliken. See the figure
How much debt does Timnath have per resident?: Timnath carried $7,649 of debt per resident in FY2021, 3.1× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Timnath compared with?: Timnath is compared with Severance, Lochbuie, Dacono, Fort Lupton and Milliken: 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): +52.2%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $156.7K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 4.2%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $585K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 6.1%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Northern Front Range

Severance$1,775 · FY2023
Wellington$1,738 · FY2022
Fort Lupton$6,892 · FY2023
Milliken$1,700 · FY2022
Berthoud$1,417 · FY2023
Lochbuie$1,799 · FY2021
Mead$3,154 · FY2021
Dacono$2,303 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

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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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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Timnath · 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

Timnath and its peers

Trends

Questions about Timnath’s finances

Community context

Explore further

Also in Northern Front Range

Sources

General government is Timnath’s largest difference from its peers (7.4× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.