[4] The township is largely agricultural, though it has a large influx of summer visitors who own cottages or stay at summer resorts in the Sister Lakes area in the northwest part of the township.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 3,491 people, 1,299 households, and 958 families residing in the township.

There were 2,362 housing units at an average density of 73.4 per square mile (28.3/km2).

There were 1,299 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families.

22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.