1. Start with the Eastwood geography your firm actually serves
Eastwood is an incorporated census-designated place in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The population estimate is a place-level measure, not a count of prospective clients or a forecast of cases. A dashboard should therefore distinguish Eastwood from Kalamazoo County and from any wider service area your firm chooses to evaluate. Otherwise, a single location label can make unrelated inquiries appear comparable. During a review, ask whether a geographic field means the caller’s location, the searched location, the page viewed, or the location targeted by a campaign. Those are different measurements.
Recommended approach
Define the geographic labels your firm will use before judging performance. Review Eastwood separately where the underlying data supports it, then decide whether county or broader-area reporting belongs in the same view. Do not use the Census population estimate as a substitute for demand evidence.
