1. Define the geographic record before judging a source
Fort Valley is a municipality in Peach County, Georgia. The 2020–2024 ACS five-year estimate records 8,858 residents, with a margin of error of 19. That population figure is useful for defining the place being evaluated; it does not establish legal demand, search volume, lead volume, competition or revenue. Attribution should therefore distinguish a Fort Valley journey from a broader Peach County journey and from inquiries elsewhere in Georgia. A location label alone is not enough. The firm should decide which geographic fields belong in intake, which service areas it accepts, and how an out-of-area inquiry is classified. The resulting record can then answer a narrower question: which tracked journeys produced inquiries that the firm considers relevant to its service area?
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to show how Fort Valley, Peach County and other service areas would be represented in a lead record and in roll-up reporting. Do not treat the Census population as a forecast. Use it only to establish the municipality and county relationship when reviewing attribution scope.
