[2] It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.7 square miles (66.7 km2), all land.

At the 2000 census there were 1,669 people, 642 households, and 489 families living in the township.

There were 676 housing units at an average density of 26.3 per square mile (10.2/km2).

[4] Of the 642 households 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.2% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families.