As of the
census of 2000, there were 4,420 people, 1,616 households, and 1,258 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,681 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.44%
White, 0.43%
African American, 0.14%
Native American, 0.38%
Asian, 0.34% from
other races, and 0.27% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.70% of the population. There were 1,616 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 65.6% were
married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 17.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.08. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 26.8% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 7.6% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 29.9% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 23.9% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years. For every one hundred females there were 100.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 98.2 males. The median income for a household in the township was $41,132, and the median income for a family was $44,619. Males had a median income of $30,313 compared with that of $21,806 for females. The
per capita income for the township was $16,913. Approximately 7.2% of families and 9.9% of the population were living below the
poverty line, including 17.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 5.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or older. ==Education==