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Work & commute in Lake Como, NJ

Most working residents leave Lake Como for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wall (8%), New York (7%) and Belmar (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
21 of 768 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 747 Lake Como residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Como.

747live here, work elsewhere
21live and work here
505work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lake Como goes to work

Lake ComoBelmarSpring LakeRed BankWest Long BranchPoint PleasantLong BranchNew YorkJacksonOceanFreeholdLakewoodMiddletownNeptuneWallBrickToms RiverWallNew YorkBelmarLong BranchLakewoodBrickMiddletownRed BankWest Long BranchLake Como
1
Wall3.9 mi away
8%59
2
New York, NY34.3 mi away
7%51
3
Belmar0.7 mi away
4%30
4
Lake Como (in town)right here
3%21
5
Long Branch8.9 mi away
3%21
6
Lakewood11.2 mi away
3%21
7
Brick8.6 mi away
3%21
8
Middletown16.4 mi away
3%20
9
Red Bank12.5 mi away
2%17
10
West Long Branch8.1 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%490

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lake Como commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
31%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Como is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Como are

526 jobs are based in Lake Como. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Como’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Como

526 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Lake Como residents hold

768 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+79%

Jobs based in Lake Como, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 526. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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