New Jersey · Census place 3437560

Lake Como, New Jersey

Lake Como is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey with an estimated 1,672 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 278th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,672
#278 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-25 people
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
6,688 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Lake Como. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Lake Como population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Como lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,700. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Como covers 0.25 square miles of land, for 6,688 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Lake Como is denser than the typical town.

What county Lake Como is in

All of Lake Como's residents live in Monmouth County, which had 647,520 residents in 2024. Lake Como holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Como

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Como by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07719. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lake Como is

The Census internal point of Lake Como is at 40.170000, -74.024900. Trenton, the capital, is 38.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belmar, NJ (5,846 people), 0.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 34.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.170000, -74.024900
DMS
40°10'12.00"N 74°01'29.64"W
UTM
18N 583028.1E 4447081.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G75XCG+22

Daylight in Lake Como

At 40.17° N, Lake Como gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Como

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Belmar, 0.7 miles away, with 5,846 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Como, NJ?

1,672 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (1.5%) from 1,697 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Como in?

Monmouth County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lake Como?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07719.

How far is Lake Como from Trenton?

38.7 miles (62.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Lake Como.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Como?

Belmar, NJ, with 5,846 residents, 0.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.