Start with the Hastings service area, not a hosting slogan
The U.S. Census Bureau records Hastings as a municipal town in Oswego County, New York. Its 2020–2024 ACS 5-year population estimate is 9,345, with a margin of error of 27. That is geographic and population context; it does not establish website demand, search volume, competition, legal need, leads or revenue. For hosting, the useful question is narrower: does your website reliably serve the geographic audience your firm has chosen to address, including people seeking counsel in Hastings and elsewhere in your service area?
Recommended approach
Define the locations and practice areas your website must support before reviewing infrastructure. List the pages that matter to your firm, the forms or contact paths those pages use, the people who need access, and the consequences of an outage or failed update. Keep Hastings, Oswego County, New York and any broader service area distinct in your internal review. A hosting decision should protect the site you actually operate, not an assumed market opportunity.
