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 from the 2010 census count of 1,759, which in turn reflected a decline of 47 from the 1,806 counted in the 2000 census. It is the tenth-smallest municipality by land area in New Jersey.