As of the 2000 census, there were 1,811 people, 694 households, and 526 families residing in the township.
The population density was . There were 737 housing units at an average density of .
The racial makeup of the township was 99.06% White, 0.33% African American, 0.28% from other races, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.
There were 694 households, out of which 36.5% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 64.8% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.97.
The township median age of thirty-eight years was less than that of the county median age of forty years. The distribution by age group was 25.7% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 6.9% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 28.5% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 24.0% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 14.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.
For every one hundred females, there were 96.2 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 91.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $29,830, and the median income for a family was $33,276. Males had a median income of $30,139 compared with that of $20,433 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $14,490.
Approximately 13.9% of families and 17.1% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 25.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 10.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
Cemeteries
- County Home Cemetery
- Kittanning Cemetery
- Pine Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- Saint Joseph Cemetery
- Saint Marys Cemetery