1. Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Cheektowaga is a municipal town in Erie County, New York. The ACS estimate of 88,989 applies to the town and should not be presented as a count of households, legal prospects or people searching for an attorney. A dashboard becomes more useful when its geographic labels match your operating territory rather than treating every nearby inquiry as interchangeable. Ask how Cheektowaga, Erie County and any broader service area would be named in reports, and decide whether a call from outside the town should be grouped, separated or reviewed manually.
Recommended approach
Bring your service-area definition to the consultation. Ask to see how city, town, county and page-level attribution would be distinguished, and document which geographic labels count for each practice area. Do not use the population estimate as a forecast; use it only to keep the scope precise.
