Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Melrose Park village is a municipality in Cook County, Illinois. The 2020–2024 ACS five-year estimate records 24,549 residents, with a margin of error of 637. That is geographic context, not evidence of search demand, case volume, competition, language preference or staffing requirements. It should therefore inform the scope of a review, not become a forecast. Ask whether your reporting can distinguish a Melrose Park inquiry from other Cook County inquiries, whether service-area pages are being evaluated separately, and whether a prospective client’s location is captured during intake when it matters to qualification.
Recommended approach
Use Melrose Park and Cook County as explicit review boundaries. Before changing spend, determine which locations, practice areas and intake outcomes your current records can identify. Keep population facts separate from performance evidence.
