| Official Name: | The Ponds, New Jersey |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | The Ponds |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Middlesex County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 40.3486°N -74.4636°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Middlesex |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Monroe |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.23 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.59 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.56 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 941 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 4316.51 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1667.55 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 135 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 08831 (Monroe Township) |
| Area Code: | 732/848 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | [3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2806200 |
The Ponds is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) 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.[2]
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 4miles south of Jamesburg and 5miles northeast of Hightstown.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 0.23sqmi, of which 0.01sqmi, or 4.80%, are water.[1] 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.