| Tallmadge Township, Michigan | |
| Official Name: | Tallmadge Charter Township |
| Settlement Type: | Charter township |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Tallmadge Township |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ottawa |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Mark Bennett |
| Leader Title1: | Clerk |
| Leader Name1: | Lenore Cook |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 85.55 |
| Area Land Km2: | 83.42 |
| Area Water Km2: | 2.12 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 33.03 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 32.21 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.82 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 8802 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 273.3 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 207 |
| Elevation Ft: | 679 |
| Coordinates: | 42.99°N -85.8383°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49404 (Coopersville) 49428 (Jenison) 49430 (Lamont) 49435 (Marne) 49534 (Grand Rapids) |
| Area Code: | 616 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-77980[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1627150 |
Tallmadge Charter Township is a charter township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,802 at the 2020 census.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of, of which is land and, or 1.76%, is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,881 people, 2,283 households, and 1,869 families residing in the township. The population density was 212.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 2,369 housing units at an average density of 73.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the township was 97.83% White, 0.31% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.44% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.92% of the population.
There were 2,283 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.0% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.1% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.32.
In the township the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $59,205, and the median income for a family was $65,086. Males had a median income of $45,847 versus $29,434 for females. The per capita income for the township was $23,957. About 3.4% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.