1. Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Elon is a municipality in Alamance County, North Carolina. The 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate for Elon is 11,032, with a margin of error of 26. That is eligibility and service-area context, not evidence of search demand, case volume or staffing needs. Your intake should therefore distinguish a person located in Elon from a matter elsewhere in Alamance County, another North Carolina location, or a place your firm does not serve. The geography question belongs inside qualification rather than being treated as a marketing conclusion.
Recommended approach
Review whether location should be an early question, a routing field, or a later screening item for each practice area. Define the locations your firm accepts before building the paths, and decide what should happen when a visitor is outside scope. Do not use the Elon population figure to assume how many people will complete an intake.
