At the time of the 2000 census there were 6,166 people, 1,307 households, and 880 families living in the township.

There were 1,503 housing units at an average density of 144.5 per square mile (55.8/km2).

[4] Of the 1,307 households that were documented, 23.9% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 50.6% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families.

For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 314.2 males.

Locally-owned WMBT-AM 1530, with studios and transmitter in Shenandoah Heights, Pennsylvania, served the community from 1963 to 2003.