1. Define Grand Haven coverage before reviewing the numbers
The U.S. Census Bureau records Grand Haven charter township as a municipal-town in Ottawa County, Michigan, with a 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate of 18,866 and a margin of error of 42. That is geographic and population context only. It does not establish legal demand, search volume, competition, leads, cases or revenue. For your firm, that distinction matters because a dashboard can only answer a location question after the firm decides what “Grand Haven” means in its own reporting: Grand Haven charter township, other Ottawa County communities, a wider Michigan service area, or several separately tracked targets. Bosseo’s public ROI Dashboard description includes rankings by service-and-city target and says the dashboard can show which cities produce calls. That makes geographic definitions a decision to settle before interpreting a city report.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to show how Grand Haven charter township and Ottawa County would be represented, what other locations could be included, and whether each location can be reviewed separately. Do not treat the Census population figure as a forecast. Use it to keep the geographic label precise and to prevent household, individual, municipal and county-level figures from being mixed.
