A town of 1,619, settled in 1924. A typical home worth about $887K.
The 2 things Lake Como does most differently from other towns.
Where Lake Como’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Be the first to start the conversation.
Nothing on the calendar.
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Como. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Lake Como home is worth about $887,000, up 10.1% in a year, 53% above the New Jersey typical home.
Lake Como beats the New Jersey average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| What stands out | Lake Como | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults lacking emotional support | 18.8% | 24% |
| Fewer lonely adults | 28.2% | 32.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.2% | 9.6% |
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.
Lake Como has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 26°.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 38% of U.S. communities.
Academy Charter High School · 1 schools
| School | Grades | Students | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Charter High School | 9–12 | 166 |
10 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Lake Como is a borough located in the Jersey Shore region, within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,697, a decrease of 62 (−3.5%) from the 2010 census count of 1,759, which in turn reflected a decline of 47 (−2.6%) from the 1,806 counted in the 2000 census. It is the tenth-smallest municipality by land area in New Jersey. Lake Como was originally formed as the borough of South Belmar by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 12, 1924, from portions of Wall Township, subject to the results of a referendum held on May 6, 1924. On November 2, 2004, voters in the borough approved changing the locality's n…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
2 towns share a border with Lake Como.