Lake Como vs Sea Bright

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

Lake Como and Sea Bright 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 1,657 in Sea Bright). Sea Bright has the higher median household income ($127,738 vs $83,056 in Lake Como). Sea Bright has the higher median home value ($815,400 vs $614,500 in Lake Como).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Como	Sea Bright
Population	1,660	1,657
Median age	41.8 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,056	$127,738
Median home value	$614,500	$815,400
Median gross rent	$1,813	$1,910
Housing units	1,146	1,135
Homeownership rate	62.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Como	Sea Bright
Population	1,740 → 1,660 (-4.6%)	1,337 → 1,657 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$95,563 → $83,056 (-13.1%)	$101,161 → $127,738 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$441,500 → $614,500 (+39.2%)	$527,500 → $815,400 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,527 → $1,813 (+18.7%)	$1,734 → $1,910 (+10.1%)

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

Sea Bright

Population

1,3371,657

Median household income

$101,161$127,738

Median home value

$527,500$815,400

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Como	Sea Bright
Under 5	2.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	8.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	23.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	18.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	23.1%
65 to 74	16.8%	13.8%
75 and over	3.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Como	Sea Bright
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	94.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Como	Sea Bright
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.6%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Como	Sea Bright
Drove alone	75.9%	59.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.3%
Public transit	2.2%	14.4%
Walked	1.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.2%	15.3%
Other means	3.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Como	Sea Bright
1-unit, detached	70.2%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	18.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	20.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Como	Sea Bright
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.1%
Average household size	1.99	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	38
Median year structure built	1960	1977