| Official Name: | West Branch Township, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Civil township |
| Motto: | "Where the Farm Meets the City" |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | West Branch 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: | Ogemaw |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Jim Morris |
| Leader Title1: | Clerk |
| Leader Name1: | Jeremy Hickmott |
| Area Total Km2: | 89.59 |
| Area Land Km2: | 88.11 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.48 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 34.59 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 34.02 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.57 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2567 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 298 |
| Elevation Ft: | 978 |
| Coordinates: | 44.2881°N -84.2031°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 48661 (West Branch) |
| Area Code: | 989 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-85600[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1627249 |
West Branch Township is a civil township of Ogemaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,567 at the 2020 census.[2] The city of West Branch is mostly surrounded by the township, but the two are administered autonomously.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.59sqmi, of which 34.02sqmi is land and 0.57sqmi (1.65%) is water.[3]
At the 2000 census, there were 2,628 people, 978 households and 730 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,177 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the township was 98.48% White, 0.15% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.08% from other races and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population.
There were 978 households, of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 25.3% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.01.
26.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64 and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.
The median household income was $38,182 and the median family income was $41,458. Males had a median income of $35,919 vand females $20,313. The per capita income was $17,503. About 7.7% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.