Brunswick County, North Carolina: local government websites

Automated testing detected at least one failure against WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA success criteria on 2 of the 3 Brunswick County, North Carolina, local government websites tested (67%).

Websites tested
3
With at least one detected failure
2
Median detected failures per website
20
Pages tested
146

Entities tested

Local government entities in Brunswick County with a completed test, listed alphabetically
EntityTypeScan dateFailures detected
City of Boiling Spring LakesMunicipalityOctober 20, 20260
Town of Oak IslandMunicipalityOctober 20, 202620
Town of St. JamesMunicipalityOctober 20, 202675

Most frequently detected success criteria

Websites with at least one failure, by WCAG 2.1 success criterion (Brunswick County)
Success criterionLevelWebsites with at least one failure
1.1.1 Non-text ContentA2 (67%)
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)AA2 (67%)
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)A2 (67%)
4.1.2 Name, Role, ValueA2 (67%)

Scope and limitations

What this report is

This is an automated conformance test of publicly accessible pages on each listed entity's website, measured against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level A and Level AA success criteria. It was produced on October 20, 2026 using axe-core 4.14.0, testing 146 pages.

What this report is not

This report does not determine whether each listed entity satisfies any legal obligation. Legal determinations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or any other statute or regulation are for your legal counsel, not for an automated test, and nothing in this document should be read as a legal opinion or as advice.

Automated testing identifies a subset of accessibility barriers. Published estimates of automated coverage range from roughly 20% to 57% of issues depending on methodology and the site being tested. Categories of barrier that automated testing cannot reliably detect include, among others:

  • whether alternative text is meaningful rather than merely present
  • keyboard traps and illogical focus order
  • whether content is usable and comprehensible with a screen reader
  • accuracy and synchronization of captions and audio description
  • accessibility of linked PDFs and other documents
  • whether an accessible alternative conveys equivalent information

A site with zero findings in this report may still present significant barriers to users with disabilities. Manual testing and testing with assistive technology by people with disabilities are necessary to assess a site's actual usability, and no automated test substitutes for them.

No findings are a guarantee of anything. This report describes what an automated test detected on specific pages on a specific date. Website content changes continuously.