1. Start with the geography your firm actually serves
St. Johnsbury is recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place in Caledonia County, Vermont. Its 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate is 5,859, with a margin of error of 365. That is geographic and population context only. It does not establish legal demand, search activity, competition, inquiry volume, or revenue. Attribution should therefore preserve the geographic context of an inquiry rather than turn the population figure into a forecast. During review, separate St. Johnsbury matters from inquiries elsewhere in Caledonia County or Vermont if your intake records make that distinction. The useful question is whether your reporting can show which service pages and response paths produced qualified inquiries from the area you intend to serve.
Recommended approach
Define the service area and matter categories you want to evaluate before judging channel performance. Treat St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, and Vermont as different geographic labels where the underlying inquiry supports that distinction. Do not use the population estimate as a proxy for demand.
