Start with the North Reading service area, not a population assumption
The 2020–2024 ACS 5-year population estimate is 15,765, with a margin of error of 39. For a firm serving North Reading, the useful local question is narrower: which inquiries identified as serving this town should follow which internal path?
Recommended approach
Use the consultation to define the geographic scope your team actually serves, then review whether location is captured, retained and used for routing or reporting. Treat North Reading as a service-area parameter to examine—not as a proxy for demand or projected cases.
