1. Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Vandalia is recorded as a city in Montgomery County. A Vandalia law firm may receive inquiries from people in the city, from elsewhere in the county or from locations outside the county, depending on its practice areas and stated service boundaries. The local population estimate does not establish how many people are seeking counsel, what kinds of matters they have or whether a video experience will improve completion. It does establish why geographic qualification should be explicit rather than implied.
Recommended approach
Decide which locations belong in the intake questions and routing rules. Review whether a visitor’s location affects eligibility, office ownership, court familiarity or the next response. Keep Vandalia, Montgomery County and broader Ohio service areas distinct in the flow. Do not use the population figure as a forecast; use it only as context when deciding which geographic answers your team needs to capture.
