Another notable thing is that Cougar is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
Overall, Cougar’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Cougar has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Cougar has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cougar than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cougar may be for you.
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.
Cougar is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Cougar has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
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.
