1. Treat the CDP and the planning region as distinct reporting questions
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park is recorded as a census-designated place in Connecticut, with a recorded relationship to the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. Those are different geographic frames. A firm may serve people in the CDP, the wider planning region or another defined service area, but population alone cannot tell you where inquiries originate. Lead Attribution can help you examine the geography that appears in your actual inquiry records rather than turning a population estimate into a demand claim. The relevant implementation decision is whether your reporting should separate Conning Towers-Nautilus Park from broader regional activity, or group them under a service-area view that your firm defines.
Recommended approach
Agree on geographic labels before reviewing performance. Keep Conning Towers-Nautilus Park CDP and the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region separate where that distinction matters to intake, and document any broader service-area grouping your firm uses.
