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Durham, NC accessibility score

durhamnc.gov · Automated scan, 5 July 2026

Score

From an automated scan of public pages. Higher is better.

89out of 100

Some barriers found

Issues found, by severity

  • 1Critical
  • 1Serious
  • 3Moderate
  • 0Minor

How it compares

US city governments median: 94. 66 of the 158 sites we scanned in this group have at least one critical barrier (42%).

durhamnc.gov scored 5 points below the median.

Read the research: US city governments

Top issues found

Most severe first. Occurrences are counted across the pages scanned.

  1. ARIA attributes must conform to valid valuesCriticalWCAG 4.1.2 · 1 occurrence
  2. Page requires horizontal scrolling at 320px widthSeriousBest practice · 1 occurrence
  3. All page content should be contained by landmarksModerateBest practice · 14 occurrences
  4. Images must have alternative textModerateWCAG 1.1.1 · 3 occurrences
  5. Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combinationModerateBest practice · 1 occurrence

Next steps

This is an automated scan of public pages on durhamnc.gov on 5 July 2026. It is not a full review and not a legal determination of conformance with any standard or law. Automated tools detect only part of WCAG failures; many need a person to assess. See our methodology and disclaimer.