A western suburb of Detroit, Plymouth Township is located roughly 27 miles (43.5 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, and 16 miles (25.7 km) northeast of Ann Arbor.

The primary governing body of Plymouth Township consists of a board of trustees.

The membership of this board consists of the three primary elected executives (Supervisor, Treasurer, and Clerk), plus four additional at-large trustees.

The township received $1 million from the city, making up 25% of the consolidated fire department's budget.

[citation needed] As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 27,798 people, 10,757 households, and 7,680 families residing in the township.

17.7% were of German, 13.8% Polish, 13.1% Irish, 9.5% English and 7.1% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000.

Among the companies based in Plymouth Township are Aisin World Corp. of America, Hella Corporate Center USA, Adient and Metaldyne.