Cougar is a tiny town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 118 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cougar is the second largest community in Washington.When you are in Cougar, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 100.00% of Cougar’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Cougar is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cougar who work in office and administrative support (0.00%), sales jobs (0.00%), and personal care services (0.00%). 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. 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. 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 downside of living in Cougar is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cougar, the average commute to work is 37.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Cougar doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.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.
