Allentown vs Lake Como

A side-by-side comparison of Allentown and Lake Como: population, income, housing, and more.

Allentown and Lake Como are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allentown has the higher population (1,926 vs 1,660 in Lake Como). Allentown has the higher median household income ($134,583 vs $83,056 in Lake Como). Lake Como has the higher median home value ($614,500 vs $397,100 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Lake Como
Population	1,926	1,660
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$134,583	$83,056
Median home value	$397,100	$614,500
Median gross rent	$1,517	$1,813
Housing units	721	1,146
Homeownership rate	77.7%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Lake Como
Population	1,892 → 1,926 (+1.8%)	1,740 → 1,660 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$105,938 → $134,583 (+27.0%)	$95,563 → $83,056 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$320,200 → $397,100 (+24.0%)	$441,500 → $614,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,517 (+23.4%)	$1,527 → $1,813 (+18.7%)

Allentown

Population

1,8921,926

Median household income

$105,938$134,583

Median home value

$320,200$397,100

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,517

Lake Como

Population

1,7401,660

Median household income

$95,563$83,056

Median home value

$441,500$614,500

Median gross rent

$1,527$1,813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Lake Como
Under 5	6.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	23.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	16.8%
75 and over	5.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Lake Como
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	76.6%
Black or African American	6.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Lake Como
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	18.7%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Lake Como
Drove alone	75.9%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.5%	2.2%
Walked	1.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Lake Como
1-unit, detached	80.9%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Lake Como
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.82	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1954	1960