As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 4,263 people, 1,466 households, and 963 families residing in the township.

There were 1,542 housing units at an average density of 187.1 per square mile (72.2/km2).

There were 1,466 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 54.6% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families.

32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of eighteen, 5.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 22.3% from twenty-five to forty-four, 24.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 26.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older.