As of the 2020 census, the population of the township was 5,652,[3] an increase over the figure of 5,220 tabulated in 2010.

It encompasses the unincorporated communities of Intercourse, Gordonville, Weavertown, Irishtown, Mascot, and parts of Soudersburg and New Milltown.

At the time of the 2000 census, there were 4,878 people, 1,426 households, and 1,159 families living in the township.

There were 1,476 housing units at an average density of 71.4 per square mile (27.6/km2).

For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 97.1 males.