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Acres of Parks Maintained

FIGURE 18

2012 Operating Expenditures
per Acre of Land Managed or Maintained

2012 Acres of Parkland Maintained per FTE

Lower
Quartile
$4,825

Median
$12,467

Upper
Quartile
$43,051

Lower
Quartile
2.2

Median
7.6

Upper
Quartile
13.1

251 to 1,000

$3,803

$7,855

$17,312

6.3

17.1

33.0

1,001 to 3,500

$2,568

$4,513

$7,965

10.8

21.3

42.0

$427

$3,579

$4,752

20.1

95.3

322.1

Number of Acres
250 or less

More than 3,500

Character, magnitude, frequency, service level, materials, and environment are the key factors in determining maintenance
costs and budget. Number of acres of parkland maintained per full-time-equivalent employee (FTE) is the primary comparative
number in use (Figure 18). Use of this index is due to the variability of the other factors (e.g., climate, soils, size of parks, natural
vs. formal care, specialty grasses vs. native grasses).

Benchmarking Ratios
The key to benchmarking ratios is that they allow comparison between agencies of different sizes and resources. For example, in
the third ratio (Operating Expenditures per Acre of Land Maintained) the cost per acre can be the same for a jurisdiction with
100 acres as it is for a jurisdiction of 1,000 acres. The variances will more likely be found in the physical character of the acre
(topography, soils, vegetation, etc.). The greater the number of proﬁles we get with this data, the more accurate it will become.

FIGURE 19

Miscellaneous Benchmarking Ratios
2010 Median

Operating expenditures per capita
Operating expenditures per FTE
Operating expenditures per acre of land managed or maintained

2011 Median

2012 Median

$74

$72

$85

$95,566

$95,080

$100,000

$7,223

$6,499

$6,381

Acreage of parkland per 1,000 population

14.7

10.1

11.1

Acres of parking maintained per FTE

15.7

15.2

15.2

$26.19

$19.49

$29.62

Revenue as a percent of total operating expense

34.0%

27.7%

34.9%

Revenue per visitor

$4.10

$3.47

$5.00

Total operating expenditures per visitor

$14.52

$11.55

$16.00

Total capital plus total operating expenditures per capita

$17.15

$13.75

$18.10

Tax cost per capita
Program attendance per program staffing (FTE)

$45.87
2,577

$27.44
2,442

$69.31
1,699

Program fees and charges per program participant

$30.02

$32.20

$29.93

Direct revenue per capita

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