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Colorado Park Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 49
Median expenditures $1.8M
25th–75th percentile $344K  –  $6.9M
Total spend $265.7M
  1. #1
    South Suburban Park and Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 150,000
    Expenditures $78.0M
    Revenue $91.8M
  2. #2
    Hyland Hills Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 70,000
    Expenditures $41.0M
    Revenue $47.9M
  3. #3
    Apex Park and Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 130,000
    Expenditures $28.0M
    Revenue $31.7M
  4. #4
    Foothills Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 110,000
    Expenditures $20.9M
    Revenue $22.1M
  5. #5
    Vail Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 5,500
    Expenditures $12.1M
    Revenue $16.4M
  6. #6
    Fraser Valley Metropolitan Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 8,000
    Expenditures $9.0M
    Revenue $11.6M
  7. #7
    Evergreen Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 30,000
    Expenditures $8.8M
    Revenue $10.7M
  8. #8
    Estes Valley Recreation And Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 12,000
    Expenditures $7.9M
    Revenue $9.8M
  9. #9
    Montrose Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 45,000
    Expenditures $7.5M
    Revenue $10.4M
  10. #10
    Mountain Recreation Metropolitan District
    FY 2024 pop. 30,000
    Expenditures $6.9M
    Revenue $8.9M
  11. #11
    Thompson Rivers Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 15,000
    Expenditures $6.9M
    Revenue $6.7M
  12. #12
    Carbon Valley Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 50,000
    Expenditures $5.7M
    Revenue $8.8M
  13. #13
    Parachute Battlement Mesa Parks And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 12,000
    Expenditures $5.1M
    Revenue $6.3M
  14. #14
    Eaton Area Park and Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 5,802
    Expenditures $5.0M
    Revenue $6.2M
  15. #15
    Rueter Hess Recreation Authority
    FY 2024 pop. 6,453
    Expenditures $2.6M
    Revenue $2.7M
  16. #16
    Prospect Recreation and Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 5,450
    Expenditures $2.2M
    Revenue $4.6M
  17. #17
    Canon City Area Recreation and Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 26,000
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $2.2M
  18. #18
    Gunnison County Metropolitan Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 6,560
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $2.8M
  19. #19
    Grand Lake Metropolitan Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 500
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.6M
  20. #20
    Crown Mountain Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 8,000
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $2.6M
  21. #21
    Aspen Historic Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 7,004
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.7M
  22. #22
    Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District
    FY 2023 pop. 9,000
    Expenditures $1.6M
    Revenue $1.5M
  23. #23
    Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 5,000
    Expenditures $1.5M
    Revenue $2.0M
  24. #24
    Strasburg Metropolitan Park and Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 3,307
    Expenditures $1.3M
    Revenue $1.3M
  25. #25
    Bennett Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 10,000
    Expenditures $992K
    Revenue $1.0M
  26. #26
    Columbine Knolls Grove Metropolitan Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 3,500
    Expenditures $747K
    Revenue $829K
  27. #27
    East Cheyenne Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 1,175
    Expenditures $470K
    Revenue $490K
  28. #28
    Todd Creek Village Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 1,000
    Expenditures $302K
    Revenue $850K
  29. #29
    F and H Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 1,000
    Expenditures $210K
    Revenue $249K
  30. #30
    Springfield Metropolitan Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 1,325
    Expenditures $134K
    Revenue $150K
  31. #31
    Ash Park and Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 1,000
    Expenditures $64K
    Revenue $4.5M
  32. #32
    Estates Metropolitan Recreation and Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 1,000
    Expenditures $56K
    Revenue $89K
  33. #33
    South Park Park And Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 700
    Expenditures $42K
    Revenue $554K
  34. #34
    West Kiowa Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 1,000
    Expenditures $27K
    Revenue $30K
  35. #35
    Sheridan Lake Brandon Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 6,105
    Expenditures $25K
    Revenue $16K
  36. #36
    Orchard Hills Metropolitan Recreation and Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 76
    Expenditures $22K
    Revenue $45K
  37. #37
    Cheyenne Wells Metropolitan Recreation District
    FY 2024 pop. 758
    Expenditures $10K
    Revenue $6K