Another notable thing is that Cougar is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
The overall crime rate in Cougar is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cougar has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cougar a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Cougar is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 0.00 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small town, Cougar doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Cougar ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.00% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The people who call Cougar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cougar residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Cougar include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Cougar is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.
