1. Start with the Takoma Park geography, not a demand assumption
Takoma Park is a municipality in Montgomery County, Maryland. The 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimate records 17,632 residents, with a margin of error of 37. That fact can help you name the geographic scope of a measurement conversation, but it cannot establish how many people search for a lawyer, which practice areas are active, how competitive results are, or how much revenue a campaign may produce. A dashboard should therefore distinguish a Takoma Park target from Montgomery County, the wider Maryland market and any metropolitan area you choose to examine. Those are not interchangeable geographies. The public ROI Dashboard page says its view can include service-and-city keyword targets, city data and leads by case type. That makes geographic definitions a practical design decision rather than a demographic conclusion.
Recommended approach
Bring a written geography list to the consultation. Mark each target as Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Maryland or another area your firm deliberately serves. Ask how a ranking, call, form or matter will be assigned when the person’s location, the page’s location and the case’s service area do not match.
