[3] It is included in the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[7] As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 5,104 people, 1,910 households, and 1,457 families residing in the township.

There were 2,021 housing units at an average density of 61.9 per square mile (23.9/km2).

There were 1,910 households, out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families.

20.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.