1. Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Carneys Point is recorded in Salem County, New Jersey. The 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate for the CDP is 8,050, with a margin of error of 211. It should not be used to predict how many people will contact your firm. Instead, it helps define the place relationship you want to examine: inquiries associated with people seeking service in Carneys Point, the wider Salem County area your firm serves, or another area you deliberately include. Those are different reporting questions. A consultation should establish which geographic labels matter in your own intake records and whether location is captured as part of the inquiry.
Recommended approach
Before changing a marketing budget, agree on the geographic scope you want to evaluate. Separate Carneys Point from Salem County and from New Jersey as a whole, then ask whether each inquiry can be reviewed alongside its service category and eventual outcome.
