How it compares · FY 2022
One schema, every town, same year.
Measured against the eight most similarly-sized towns, on the one national source that puts every US city on identical definitions. Same year, same rules — the only honest way to compare one town's finances to another's.
$2,261
total revenue per resident · +12% vs peer median
#3
of 9 peers on spending per resident
511,648
residents, the basis for the peer group
Per resident
This town
Peer median
Rank
Total revenue
$2,261+12%
$2,026
4/9
Taxes
$822−2%
$839
6/9
Intergovernmental aid
$453−13%
$520
6/9
Fees & charges
$367+8%
$339
4/9
Total spending
$2,127+15%
$1,849
3/9
Operating spending
$1,591+4%
$1,533
5/9
Capital spending
$436+41%
$309
3/9
Long-term debt
$3,513+36%
$2,587
4/9
Peers, the eight most similarly-sized towns: Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Peoria, Scottsdale, Surprise, Tempe, Tucson.
How this is calculated›
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance Component (released 2024-10-31). FY2022 actuals. Every figure is per resident, on the FY 2022 population used elsewhere in this profile. This layer is standardized for comparison and is a different vintage from the budget figures on the other tabs — the two are never added together. A $0 on a single line can mean a town genuinely has none or does not report it separately; the Census does not distinguish the two for one government, so a lone zero is shown, not scored.