1. Start with the website you actually need to protect
Melvindale is a city in Wayne County, Michigan. The 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year population estimate for Melvindale city is 12,554, with a margin of error of 31. That figure describes the municipality; it does not establish legal demand, search volume, prospective-client volume or revenue. For hosting, its practical value is geographic scope: you can identify which pages, forms and service areas your firm intends to support in Melvindale and elsewhere in Wayne County, then evaluate the infrastructure serving those pages. The key questions are operational. Which website is being moved? Does it include a standard practice site, a large set of location pages, legal-news content or custom tools? Which parts must remain available during a migration? Who needs administrative access?
Recommended approach
Bring the current domain, hosting relationship, website platform, DNS access details and a list of business-critical pages to the review. Treat Melvindale as one defined service area rather than using the city’s population as a proxy for demand.
