1. Start with the Mount Carmel service area, not a population assumption
Mount Carmel borough is a municipality in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The Census estimate of 5,677 residents describes the borough’s population, not the number of prospective clients, inquiries or matters available to a law firm. Households, individuals, the borough and the county are different geographic units. A responsible automation review should therefore begin by defining which inquiries your firm actually accepts: those from Mount Carmel, elsewhere in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania or another service area you choose. That decision affects intake questions, routing rules and reporting boundaries.
Recommended approach
Bring your actual service-area definition to the consultation. Review whether a Mount Carmel inquiry should follow the same path as an inquiry from another part of Northumberland County, and identify any geographic question that belongs in the intake process. Do not use the borough population as a forecast.
