1. Start with the Wheaton service boundary, not a population assumption
Wheaton is recorded as a city in DuPage County. The Census estimate gives your firm a defined local reference point, but it cannot establish how many people need a lawyer, how many search online, or how many inquiries your website should produce. Before building a Video Intake path, identify the geographic relationship that matters to your practice: Wheaton alone, DuPage County, Illinois, or another area your firm deliberately serves. Then decide whether location should be a qualification question, a routing field, or simply information your team reviews after submission.
Recommended approach
Bring your current practice-area and service-area rules to the consultation. Ask whether the intake should distinguish a Wheaton inquiry from an inquiry elsewhere in DuPage County or Illinois, and what should happen when a visitor falls outside your accepted geography. Treat the Census figure as eligibility context only; measure actual inquiry locations after the system is in use.
