Across the Ohio River to the south, Vanport Township runs adjacent with Potter Township with a direct connector via Vanport Bridge on the Beaver Valley Expressway I-376.

As of the 2000 census,[5] there were 1,451 people, 775 households, and 422 families residing in the township.

There were 827 housing units at an average density of 884.1 per square mile (341.4/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 98.07% White, 1.38% African American, 0.14% Asian, and 0.41% from two or more races.

There were 775 households, out of which 12.8% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families.