The Ponds, New Jersey
The Ponds is a planned community and census-designated place in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the year it was first listed as a CDP, the population was 941.
Geography
The community is in southern Middlesex County and the southern part of Monroe Township, bordered to the west by Clearbrook, to the north and east by Concordia, and to the south by Union Valley Road. It is south of Jamesburg and northeast of Hightstown.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of, of which, or 4.80%, are water. The community is within the drainage area of Cranbury Brook, which flows west to the Millstone River and is part of the Raritan River watershed.
Demographics
The Ponds first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.| Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2020 | 2020 |
| White alone | 806 | 85.65% |
| Black or African American alone | 37 | 3.93% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone | 0 | 0.00% |
| Asian alone | 52 | 5.53% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other race alone | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial | 5 | 0.53% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 4.36% |
| Total | 941 | 100.00% |