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Windsor · FY2023 municipal finance benchmarks

Weld, Larimer counties · Northern Front Range · home rule municipality · Pop. 43,840 (2025 estimate); FY2023 per-resident figures use 40,461 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Windsor: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2023 in brief

Windsor collected $2,142 per resident (including city-run utilities), 40% below the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 24% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 29% below its peers, and 44% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 40% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2023 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,142
24% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,803
CO median · 97 with a published figure
$3,580
Position
Higher than 17% of the 97 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−3.7%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$2,613
26% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,069
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$3,680
Position
Higher than 28% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.3%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$965
29% below peers
Peer median
$1,368
CO median · 90 with a published figure
$1,726
Position
Higher than 14% of the 90 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−5.6%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$674
40% below peers
Peer median
$1,114
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$2,130
Position
Higher than 13% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−9.6%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,142
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,142 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $86.7M ÷ population 40,461 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A59 Natural resources charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T99 Other taxes
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U41 Royalties
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Windsor runs city-owned utilities, which add 9.0% 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

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2023. Bars show Windsor; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $958 per resident, 41% above the peer median. On the revenue side, other revenue is 2.3× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,142
per resident24% below peers
Money in: Windsor revenue per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$70821% belowpeers $891
$6122.3×peers $260
$24914% abovepeers $218
$21656% belowpeers $495
$19341% belowpeers $325
$15633% belowpeers $234
$792% belowpeers $87
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 97 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,613
per resident26% above peers
Money out: Windsor spending per resident by category, FY2023, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$95841% abovepeers $678
$4692.2×peers $215
$4218% abovepeers $389
$408in line withpeers $415
$3327% belowpeers $355
$2541% belowpeers $42
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 91 reporting

Windsor 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

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Windsor compared with its peer municipalities, FY2023, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
WindsorUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.0% 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.$2,142$2,613$965$708$674
BrightonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.6% 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.$2,803$2,383$1,371$1,061$1,114
NorthglennUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.2% 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.$1,826$1,468$1,047$851$266
Littleton$2,399$2,069$1,476$978$91
ErieUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 25.4% 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.$4,614$1,371$1,162$851$3,840
LafayetteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.8% 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.$3,162$3,810$1,368$891$1,856
Peer median$2,803$2,069$1,368$891$1,114

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
FY2016 $1,602 to FY2023 $2,142.$0$1.5K$3K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,455Peer median FY2018: $2,763Peer median FY2019: $2,539Peer median FY2020: $2,873Peer median FY2021: $2,720Peer median FY2022: $2,621Peer median FY2023: $2,803Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,602FY2018: $2,590FY2019: $2,960FY2020: $2,089FY2021: $2,595FY2022: $2,692FY2023: $2,142

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2019, FY2020, FY2022. 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$1,602$2,455$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2018$2,590$2,763$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,960$2,539$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,089$2,873$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,595$2,720$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$2,692$2,621$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,142$2,803$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,460 to FY2023 $2,613.$0$1.4K$2.8K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,744Peer median FY2018: $2,068Peer median FY2019: $2,034Peer median FY2020: $2,090Peer median FY2021: $2,260Peer median FY2022: $2,398Peer median FY2023: $2,069Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,460FY2018: $2,338FY2019: $2,770FY2020: $2,344FY2021: $1,646FY2022: $2,187. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $2,613. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

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 FY2019, FY2020, FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,460$1,744$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2018$2,338$2,068$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$2,770$2,034$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$2,344$2,090$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,646$2,260$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$2,187$2,398$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$2,613$2,069$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $705 to FY2023 $965.$0$684$1.4K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $913Peer median FY2018: $1,133Peer median FY2019: $1,187Peer median FY2020: $1,133Peer median FY2021: $1,199Peer median FY2022: $1,338Peer median FY2023: $1,368Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $705FY2018: $1,285FY2019: $1,222FY2020: $1,036FY2021: $1,174FY2022: $1,179FY2023: $965

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2019, FY2020, FY2022. 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$705$913$705 (193 reporting)
FY2018$1,285$1,133$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,222$1,187$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,036$1,133$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,174$1,199$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$1,179$1,338$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$965$1,368$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $522 to FY2023 $674.$0$1K$2K’16’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,110Peer median FY2018: $1,817Peer median FY2019: $1,698Peer median FY2020: $904Peer median FY2021: $2,022Peer median FY2022: $1,258Peer median FY2023: $1,114Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $522FY2018: $1,116FY2019: $902FY2020: $712FY2021: $611FY2022: $744FY2023: $674

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2022. 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$522$1,110$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2018$1,116$1,817$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$902$1,698$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$712$904$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$611$2,022$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$744$1,258$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$674$1,114$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Windsor’s finances

How much revenue does Windsor collect per resident?
Windsor collected $2,142 per resident in FY2023, 40% below the median of the 97 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Windsor's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Windsor spent $2,613 per resident in FY2023, 26% above the median of its peers: Brighton, Northglenn, Littleton, Erie and Lafayette. See the figure
How much debt does Windsor have per resident?
Windsor carried $674 of debt per resident in FY2023, 40% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Windsor compared with?
Windsor is compared with Brighton, Northglenn, Littleton, Erie and Lafayette: 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)
+11.9%/yr
2023 estimate
Median household income
$121.8K
2023 estimate
Poverty rate
4.8%
2023 estimate
Median home value
$562.3K
2023 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
3.0%
2023 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Windsor, 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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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