1. Start with the geography you actually serve
Princeton is a municipality in Mercer County, West Virginia. The 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate for Princeton city is 5,736, with a margin of error of 32. That figure describes the city’s population; it does not establish legal demand, search activity, competition, lead volume or revenue. It should therefore inform geographic scope, not become a forecast. If your firm serves clients beyond Princeton or throughout Mercer County, define those service areas separately before interpreting attribution data. A city, a county, a metropolitan area, a household and an individual are not interchangeable measurement units.
Recommended approach
Use the consultation to agree on the geographic labels that should appear in your reporting and on the service areas that matter to your firm. Then ask whether a lead’s journey should be reviewed by location, practice area, landing page, channel or outcome. Attribution can only support a useful decision when the underlying geography and business definition are clear.
