1. Start with the website and geographic scope you actually operate
Melrose is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The 2020–2024 American Community Survey records a population estimate of 29,650, with a margin of error of 28. That fact establishes the municipality and its recorded county relationship; it does not establish search demand, prospective-client volume, competition, legal need or revenue. For hosting, the useful implication is narrower: define which pages, forms and services your firm expects to serve in Melrose before discussing infrastructure. A site that presents one local service page has a different review scope from a site with many practice-area, attorney, location and legal-news pages.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to inventory the current site, its important Melrose pages, intake forms, media, redirects and administrative dependencies. Treat the population record as geographic context, not as a hosting forecast. Agree on which URLs and user journeys must work after any change.
