1. Start with Bartow-specific cohorts, not a blended market total
Bartow city is a municipality in Polk County. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimate records 20,438 residents, with a margin of error of 36. That is a population record, not evidence of search demand, legal need, competition, lead volume or revenue. The dashboard recommendation is therefore to keep Bartow and Polk County labels precise and avoid treating every contact associated with a wider service area as a Bartow result. Bosseo’s published product information also calls for separating Miami, Miami-Dade and neighboring-city cohorts. Those labels should remain separate wherever they are used; they should not be silently combined with Bartow or Polk County.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to show how location cohorts will be named and filtered before reviewing ROI. Require the dashboard to distinguish Bartow from Polk County and any other service area, and to show a value as unavailable when the underlying location cannot be established.
