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.
Cougar is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Cougar, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
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 per capita income in Cougar in 2022 was $45,431, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $181,724 for a family of four. However, Cougar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Russian, German, European, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Cougar is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.
