Start with Pelham and Shelby County as separate coverage choices
The 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate is 24,827, with a margin of error of 70. Bosseo’s public product page says a firm can choose the whole state or only the counties it selects. For a Pelham firm, that makes Shelby County a concrete scope question rather than a reason to assume statewide coverage is appropriate.
Recommended approach
Decide whether the firm genuinely serves Pelham, other places in Shelby County, additional Alabama counties, or some combination. Document the geographic footprint before assessing page combinations. If the firm does not serve a place or cannot provide useful information for people there, exclude it rather than treating geographic breadth as the objective.
