Houston, TX accessibility score
houstontx.gov · Automated scan, 5 July 2026
Score
From an automated scan of public pages. Higher is better.
94out of 100
Few automated issues found
Issues found, by severity
- 0Critical
- 4Serious
- 2Moderate
- 1Minor
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%).
houstontx.gov scored the same as the median.
Top issues found
Most severe first. Occurrences are counted across the pages scanned.
- ARIA hidden element must not be focusable or contain focusable elementsSeriousWCAG 4.1.2 · 1 occurrence
- Links must be distinguishable without relying on colorSeriousWCAG 1.4.1 · 1 occurrence
- <ul> and <ol> must only directly contain <li>, <script> or <template> elementsSeriousWCAG 1.3.1 · 1 occurrence
- <object> elements must have alternative textSeriousWCAG 1.1.1 · 1 occurrence
- All page content should be contained by landmarksModerateBest practice · 18 occurrences
Next steps
This is an automated scan of public pages on houstontx.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.