Farmingdale vs Lake Como

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

Farmingdale 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.

Lake Como has the higher population (1,660 vs 1,399 in Farmingdale). Farmingdale has the higher median household income ($97,574 vs $83,056 in Lake Como). Lake Como has the higher median home value ($614,500 vs $401,000 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Lake Como
Population	1,399	1,660
Median age	36.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,574	$83,056
Median home value	$401,000	$614,500
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,813
Housing units	594	1,146
Homeownership rate	57.4%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Lake Como
Population	1,299 → 1,399 (+7.7%)	1,740 → 1,660 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$63,650 → $97,574 (+53.3%)	$95,563 → $83,056 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$298,000 → $401,000 (+34.6%)	$441,500 → $614,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,548 (+26.1%)	$1,527 → $1,813 (+18.7%)

Farmingdale

Population

1,2991,399

Median household income

$63,650$97,574

Median home value

$298,000$401,000

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,548

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)

	Farmingdale	Lake Como
Under 5	3.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	17.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	23.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	16.8%
75 and over	3.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Lake Como
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	76.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Lake Como
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Lake Como
Drove alone	82.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.9%	2.2%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Lake Como
1-unit, detached	57.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	31.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Lake Como
Poverty rate	2.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.39	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1972	1960