1. Start with a geographic definition that matches your practice
Dearborn is recorded as a municipality in Wayne County, Michigan. The 2020–2024 ACS 5-year population estimate for Dearborn is 107,423, with a margin of error of 44. That is context for deciding how your dashboard should name and group geography; it does not establish legal demand, search volume, competition, leads or revenue. Your firm may serve only Dearborn, Dearborn plus other Wayne County communities, or a broader Michigan area. Those are different reporting questions. A dashboard review should therefore separate a Dearborn view from any county, metropolitan-area or statewide view your firm chooses to evaluate. Do not let a broad geography make a narrow practice-area result look stronger than it is.
Recommended approach
Before reviewing ROI, write down the service area, practice areas and geographic labels that should appear in reporting.
