Showing Vermont county sites. All U.S. county sites
A 100
Average readability score of 1 fully scanned Vermont county sites
1st
of 48 states, ranked by average readability score
1 of 1
Sites fully scanned
D 61
U.S. county average readability score, 2421 fully scanned sites
Vermont's state site, vermont.gov, ranks 14th of 51 state sites with a B. State rankings.
How Vermont county readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 1 fully scanned Vermont county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 1 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Vermont average
- U.S. county average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 1 |
Vermont counties by readability 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
Vermont counties by readability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Vermont: 1 sites. U.S.: 2421 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) |
| All U.S. counties | 58% (1,411) | 0% (0) | 37% (899) |
Top 3 Vermont county sites by readability score
#1 in Vermont · U.S. rank 1
Essex County, VT
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security A
- Usability C
- Readability A
What each check means
All Vermont county sites by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
essexcountyvermont.gov
Essex County, VT U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
About readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch-Kincaid (FK)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in Vermont. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 9/27/2026 and 9/27/2026; 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.