1. Start with the calls your team does not answer
The 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimate records Van Buren charter township at 29,954 people, with a margin of error of 33, and places it in Wayne County. That figure describes the municipal-town population; it does not establish call demand, legal need, competition or likely case volume. Use it as geographic context only. For your firm, the useful evidence is your own phone history: unanswered calls, after-hours calls, busy signals, voicemail messages and calls that reached the wrong person. Bosseo describes AI Answering as coverage for calls your team cannot answer, with the AI stepping in after 20 seconds. Your first decision is therefore operational: which calls currently stop at voicemail, and what should happen next?
Recommended approach
Review a representative period of phone records by time, disposition and urgency. Separate missed new inquiries from current-client calls and other calls. Then decide whether the proposed 20-second handoff fits your front-desk workflow. Do not use the Van Buren population estimate as a forecast.
