Showing Connecticut county sites. All U.S. county sites
F 56
Average usability score of 9 fully scanned Connecticut county sites
6th
of 48 states, ranked by average usability score
9 of 9
Sites fully scanned
F 49
U.S. county average usability score, 2435 fully scanned sites
Connecticut's state site, ct.gov, ranks 7th of 51 state sites with an A. State rankings.
How Connecticut county usability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 9 fully scanned Connecticut county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 9 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Connecticut average
- U.S. county average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 1 |
| 30 to 39 | 1 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 2 |
| 60 to 69 | 2 |
| 70 to 79 | 3 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Connecticut counties by usability grade
Each county with a site on our list is colored by that site's grade. Select a county to open its report. The table lists every site.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
- No site on our list
9 of the 9 sites on our list could not be matched to a county boundary and appear only in the table.
Connecticut counties by usability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Connecticut: 9 sites. U.S.: 2435 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 0% (0) | 33% (3) | 67% (6) |
| All U.S. counties | 1% (24) | 18% (436) | 81% (1,975) |
Top 3 Connecticut county sites by usability score
#1 in Connecticut · U.S. rank 10
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT
C 70 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security B
- Usability C
#1 in Connecticut · U.S. rank 10
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT
C 70 usability
- Accessibility B
- Botability C
- Security A
- Usability C
#1 in Connecticut · U.S. rank 10
Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT
C 70 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security B
- Usability C
What each check means
- Readability. Page content is written at a reading level most users can understand. People struggle to understand your content.
- Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
- First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
- Page description. The page has a meta description that summarizes its content for search results. Search results do not show what your page does.
All Connecticut county sites by usability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
rivercog.org
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 17 checks pass | C |
| 1 |
nvcogct.gov
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 17 checks pass | C |
| 1 |
nhcogct.gov
Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 17 checks pass | C |
| 2 |
metrocogct.gov
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 12 |
11 of 17 checks pass | D |
| 2 |
scrcog.org
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 12 |
11 of 17 checks pass | D |
| 3 |
neccog.org
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 14 |
10 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
secogct.gov
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 16 |
9 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 5 |
crcogct.gov
Capitol Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 22 |
6 of 17 checks pass | F |
| 6 |
westcog.org
Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT U.S. rank 26 |
4 of 17 checks pass | F |
About usability
Optimize content structure so users quickly find what they need.
Why it's important
Well-written pages help people understand laws, services, and procedures without confusion, reducing calls and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your information.
Guidance
What we use to grade usability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch-Kincaid (FK)
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
- Google Search Central
- Web Vitals / Core Web Vitals
- Open Graph
Standards
- Page title
- Page description
- Readability
- Viewport meta tag
- www resolution
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
- First Contentful Paint (FCP)
- Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
- Time to First Byte (TTFB)
- Open Graph site name
- Open Graph type
- Open Graph title
- Open Graph description
- Open Graph URL
- Open Graph image
- Open Graph image alt
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in Connecticut. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 9/8/2026 and 9/17/2026; each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage returned successfully and sent the scanner its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale, and rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, including every county's raw results, is published in the ScanGov data repository.