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Woodland Park · FY2016 municipal finance benchmarks

Teller County · Pikes Peak · home rule municipality · Pop. 8,014 (2025 estimate); FY2016 per-resident figures use 7,608 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

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

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FY2016 in brief

Woodland Park collected $2,025 per resident (including city-run utilities), 16% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 72% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 72% above its peers, and 55% above the state median. Debt per resident runs 15.8× 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)

$2,025
72% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,178
CO median · 224 with a published figure
$1,746
Position
Higher than 58% 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)

$2,578
73% above peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$1,493
CO median · 196 with a published figure
$1,749
Position
Higher than 67% of the 196 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$1,090
72% above peers
Peer median
$634
CO median · 193 with a published figure
$705
Position
Higher than 75% of the 193 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Debt per resident (definition)

$3,505
15.8× peers
Peer median
$221
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 87% 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 · $2,025
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,025 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $15.4M ÷ population 7,608 (2016 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A03 Commercial activities (other) charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C46 State aid
    • C89 State aid
    • D46 Local government aid
    • D50 Local government aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T15 Selective sales taxes (lodging, utilities, etc.)
    • T20 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Woodland Park runs city-owned utilities, which add 16.3% 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
  • Debt per resident is 15.8× 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, FY2016. Bars show Woodland Park; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Parks, libraries & community: $863 per resident, 17.2× the peer median. On the revenue side, sales tax is 2.1× peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,025
per resident72% above peers
Money in: Woodland Park revenue per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$7982.1×peers $375
$33021% abovepeers $273
$26925% abovepeers $214
$24175% abovepeers $138
$2357.0×peers $34
$10250% belowpeers $206
$5124% abovepeers $41
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 224 reporting

Money out

Spending

$2,578
per resident73% above peers
Money out: Woodland Park spending per resident by category, FY2016, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$86317.2×peers $50
$50082% abovepeers $276
$43438% belowpeers $695
$3575.2×peers $68
$31265% abovepeers $189
$1124.9×peers $23
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 196 reporting

Woodland Park 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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Woodland Park compared with its peer municipalities, FY2016, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
Woodland ParkUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.3% 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.$2,025$2,578$1,090$798$3,505
WellingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.2% 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.$1,178Not reported for this year$221
MillikenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 32.3% 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.$1,113$943$536$186$811
BerthoudUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 9.6% 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.$3,154$2,895$524$375$168
MonumentUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.8% 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.$1,010$866$733$525$214
Manitou SpringsRegional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.0× the Colorado median.$2,111$2,043$1,679$1,106$1,847
Peer median$1,178$1,493$634$450$221

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 $2,025 to FY2021 $2,268.$0$1.2K$2.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,178Peer median FY2021: $1,854Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,025FY2021: $2,268

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$2,025$1,178$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,268$1,854$2,476 (227 reporting)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $2,578 to FY2021 $1,218.$0$1.3K$2.6K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,493Peer median FY2021: $1,458Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $2,578FY2021: $1,218

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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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$2,578$1,493$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021$1,218$1,458$2,208 (220 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $1,090 to FY2021 $1,376.$0$688.1$1.4K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $634Peer median FY2021: $869Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,090FY2021: $1,376

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$1,090$634$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021$1,376$869$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $3,505 to FY2021 $1,564.$0$1.8K$3.5K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $221Peer median FY2021: $1,786Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $3,505FY2021: $1,564

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$3,505$221$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021$1,564$1,786$1,411 (199 reporting)

Questions about Woodland Park’s finances

How much revenue does Woodland Park collect per resident?
Woodland Park collected $2,025 per resident in FY2016, 16% above the median of the 224 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Woodland Park's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Woodland Park spent $2,578 per resident in FY2016, 73% above the median of its peers: Wellington, Milliken, Berthoud, Monument and Manitou Springs. See the figure
How much debt does Woodland Park have per resident?
Woodland Park carried $3,505 of debt per resident in FY2016, 15.8× its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Woodland Park compared with?
Woodland Park is compared with Wellington, Milliken, Berthoud, Monument and Manitou Springs: 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)
+1.3%/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: Woodland Park, 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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