[4][5] As of the 2000 census, there were 481 people, 191 households, and 141 families residing in the township.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.17% White, 0.21% African American, 0.21% Asian, and 0.42% from two or more races.

There were 191 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 61.3% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families.

22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 100.0 males.