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Living in Rehovot
The Weizmann Institute's city, with two Anglo shuls, a direct train to Tel Aviv and the official numbers.
- 155,050
- residents, end of 2024
- 25 min
- fastest train to Tel Aviv
- ₪2,347,100
- median sold price, all homes
- ₪4,800
- median rent a month
Rehovot from the air, December 2012. Photo by Amos Meron, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Rehovot, in short
Suits
Modern Orthodox and Yeshivish English-speaking families who want an established Anglo shul, in a Hebrew-speaking university city with a direct train to Tel Aviv.
Not for
Buyers looking for a low entry price, investors buying for rental yield, commuters who need a direct train to Jerusalem, or families who want to live mostly in English.
A 4-room home sold for a median ₪2,436,550 over the last year, new and older homes together. Train to Tel Aviv: 25 min fastest on a weekday. Train to Jerusalem: no direct train.
The numbers that decide it
7 of 10
Socio-economic cluster
Rank 182 of 255 authorities, 1 is lowest. CBS, 2021.
0.9%
Population growth in 2023
155,050 residents at the end of 2024. CBS.
₪2,347,100
Median sold price, all homes
Last 12 months, -2.8% on the year. nadlan.gov.il.
₪4,800
Median rent a month
Recorded rents, -1.0% on the year. nadlan.gov.il.
2.5%
Gross rental yield
As nadlan.gov.il computes it, before arnona, upkeep, vacancy and tax.
1,521
Homes started in 2023
650 completed the same year. CBS city profile.
What do these numbers mean for your budget?
Message us on WhatsAppThe English-speaking community
Rehovot is a university city about 20 km south of Tel Aviv, home to the Weizmann Institute of Science. The Weizmann Institute's guide for visiting scientists says the city has, by Israeli standards, a large English-speaking population. Nefesh B'Nefesh says Anglo olim are spread across the city, but many live near the Berman and Chatam synagogues.
The Berman Shul, a Modern Orthodox synagogue established in 1970, says on its own site that it lists about 320 member families, most of whom made aliyah from English-speaking countries. Chatam was founded in 1983 by a group of kollel members who felt the city's English-speaking community needed Torah study, and organised shiurim in English. Nefesh B'Nefesh calls it an out-of-town-style Yeshivish learning community with an English-speaking rav. An article written with The Getter Group, an aliyah and real estate firm, put it at about 100 families in December 2025.
Adat Shalom Emanuel, a Masorti congregation, was established in 1970 by North American immigrants, according to a page written around 2010. The municipality's absorption department runs Hebrew, English and Yiddish study groups for adults. Nefesh B'Nefesh lists an Anglo olim coordinator at the Oleh House, and the Ministry of Aliyah lists a coordinator for the city who speaks English and Russian.
448
olim from the US
36
from the UK
4,385
olim in total
Settling in Rehovot, 2014 to 2023. Canada, South Africa and Australia are not counted separately, and the figures stop before most of the recent growth.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah, 2014 to 2023
Where this section comes from (23 sources)
- chatam.org/shul-history, undated (footer "2020"), accessed 2026-10-14
- jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-881255, 24 Dec 2025, updated 10 Feb 2026
- nbn.org.il/shayech-posts/its-shayech-communities/rechovot-its, NBN updated 29 Jan 2024; Chatam undated, accessed 2026-10-14; JPost 24 Dec 2025
- chatam.org/shiurim, NBN updated 29 Jan 2024; Chatam undated, accessed 2026-10-14; JPost 24 Dec 2025
- bermanshul.org, undated (mentions Simchat Torah 5786, so current to late 2025), accessed 2026-10-14
- kbyonline.org/?p=625, undated (image path 2010/03), accessed 2026-10-14
- data.gov.il/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=2055063b-93e8-4d6a-b2c5-c253d18c0cf6&q=8400&limit=5000, fetched 2026-10-14
- hyehudi.org/planning-aliyah-the-case-for-rechovot-over-ramat-beit-shemesh, 15 Sep 2020
- nbn.org.il/life-in-israel/community-and-housing/community-guide/rechovot, undated on page, accessed 2026-10-14
- rehovot.muni.il/183, NBN undated; muni accessed 2026-10-14
- data.gov.il/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=52ddda08-3205-40ee-bc37-bf203a1cf0b2, NBN undated; MoIA fetched 2026-10-14
- weizmann.ac.il/InternationalOffice/node/44, undated, accessed 2026-10-14
- cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2019/ishuvim/bycode2024.xlsx, CBS as of 2024-12-31; others accessed 2026-10-14
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehovot, CBS as of 2024-12-31; others accessed 2026-10-14
- data.gov.il/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=9a9e085f-3bc8-41df-b15f-be0daaf99e30&q=8400&limit=5000, census 2022
- oref.org.il/districts/districts_heb.json, fetched 2026-10-14
- cbs.gov.il/he/publications/DocLib/2026/local_authorities23/%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA.pdf, 2023
- apps.land.gov.il/MichrazimSite, fetched 2026-10-14
- data.gov.il/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=7c8255d0-49ef-49db-8904-4cf917586031&q=8400&limit=5000, 27 Jan 2025
- ynet.co.il/economy/article/skbkeksd11l, 20 Feb 2026; data to 2026-03
- nadlan.gov.il/?view=settlement&id=8400&page=deals, 20 Feb 2026; data to 2026-03
- cbs.gov.il/he/publications/Madad/DocLib/2026/price08a/a4_9_h.pdf, Q2 2026; 24 Dec 2025
- gtfs.mot.gov.il/gtfsfiles/israel-public-transportation.zip, fetched 2026-10-14
Rehovot
The Weizmann Institute campus in northern Rehovot, December 2012. Photo by Amos Meron, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Where people live
Northern Rehovot
Wikipedia describes a growing community of religious English speakers living mainly in northern Rehovot, around the Weizmann Institute. Nefesh B'Nefesh puts it more broadly: Anglo olim live across the city, many of them near the Berman and Chatam shuls.
Source: Wikipedia · accessed 14 Oct 2026
Kiryat Moshe and Oshiot
Wikipedia says Rehovot's Russian, Yemenite and Ethiopian Jewish communities are concentrated largely in these two areas. One of the Israel Land Authority tenders open for bids on 14 October 2026 is in Kiryat Moshe.
Source: Wikipedia · accessed 14 Oct 2026
Who lives here
Nefesh B'Nefesh calls Rehovot a highly diverse city, from traditional and religious to Chareidi and secular. In the 2022 census the most common household described itself as secular.
60.7%
of households own their home
33.8%
rent
34
median age
2.9
people per household
3.8%
born in the Americas
53.3%
work outside the city
Schools
58 active schools in Rehovot, by stream
13 Haredi
13 State religious
32 State
Chareidi schools Anglo families use
Nefesh B'Nefesh's guide for Chareidi olim names Pninim Bais Yaakov as the Bais Yaakov for many Anglo families, says the city's Bais Yaakov takes the daughters of most Chareidi families, many Anglo families among them, and says Be'er Cheder serves many kollel families, some of them Anglo. For high school, some families send boys to Ramat Beit Shemesh.
Everyone else
The Weizmann Institute's guide says children normally attend the kindergarten or elementary school in their own neighbourhood, and the municipality runs Hebrew classes for preschoolers. We found no official source naming which state or state-religious schools take most English-speaking pupils, so ask the schools and the absorption department.
Getting around
Direct trains from Rehovot station, 1.9 km in a straight line from the city's centre point, on one weekday of the current timetable.
To Tel Aviv HaHagana
25min
fastest; median 27 min, 47 direct trains a weekday
To Tel Aviv Savidor
34min
fastest; median 36 min, 47 direct trains a weekday
To Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon
None
no direct train, a change is needed
By road
Nefesh B'Nefesh's guide for Chareidi olim puts Rehovot 38 minutes from Tel Aviv, 48 from Jerusalem and about 40 from Ramat Beit Shemesh, without saying by what means or at what hour. With no direct train, Jerusalem means a car, a bus or a change of trains.
Hospital
Kaplan Medical Center is in the city; Wikipedia notes it is a teaching hospital for the Hebrew University's medical school. Nefesh B'Nefesh says all four kupot cholim have branches in Rehovot.
Rehovot railway station, the station the train minutes on this page are from, July 2012. Photo by Little Savage, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
What homes sold and rented for
Recorded deals from the Tax Authority, last 12 months. They mix new apartments and older homes, so they are neither the new-build price nor the resale price.
Sold, median price
- 3 rooms₪1,888,600
-10.5% on the year
- 4 rooms₪2,436,550
-2.5% on the year
- 5 rooms₪3,206,500
-0.9% on the year
Latest quarter (to Mar 2026): ₪2,421,900 here against ₪2,058,800 nationally.
Rented, median a month
- 3 rooms₪4,450
-1.1% on the year
- 4 rooms₪5,600
-3.5% on the year
- 5 rooms₪7,500
+2.7% on the year
The CBS rent survey, a different series, puts average free-market rent at ₪4,943 a month (Q2 2026) for Rehovot.
What else is being built
1,521
homes started in 2023
650 completed. CBS.
66
state land tenders since 2000
15 opened since 2023. Israel Land Authority.
13
Dira BeHanacha lotteries
Latest 27 Jan 2025: 34 homes, 29,347 applicants.
Land offered to developers right now (4)
A tender is land, not homes: anything built on it is years away.
Running costs and safety
Arnona, average billed
₪67.7
per square metre a year, 2023. The city’s total residential billing over billed area, not your street’s tariff.
Source: CBS city profile, 2023
Bank of Israel rate
3.25%
The base for mortgage pricing, not a mortgage rate.
Source: Bank of Israel, 13 Oct 2026
Siren warning time
90seconds
to reach a protected space. New buildings must have one: usually a safe room in the apartment (mamad), in some a shared one per floor (mamak). Ask which.
Source: Home Front Command, 14 Oct 2026
The downsides
Prices above the national median
In the quarter ending Mar 2026 the median sold home in Rehovot went for ₪2,421,900, against ₪2,058,800 nationally. A 4-room home's median over the last 12 months was ₪2,436,550.
Source: nadlan.gov.il
Low rental yield
nadlan.gov.il computes a gross rental yield of 2.5% for Rehovot, before arnona, maintenance, vacancy and tax.
Source: nadlan.gov.il
No direct train to Jerusalem
The timetable has no direct train from Rehovot to Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon (Ministry of Transport, 14 Oct 2026).
Source: Ministry of Transport GTFS
A Hebrew-speaking city
The Getter Group's article says it plainly: Rehovot is not an English-speaking town, and children need Hebrew. Of the 4,385 olim who settled here from 2014 to 2023, 3,464 came from the former Soviet Union and 484 from the US and UK together.
No count of English speakers
The only figures are shul memberships, which overlap and are self-reported: about 320 families at Berman (its own site) and about 100 at Chatam (the Getter Group article). We found no official count, and no AACI branch page for the city.
Who should pick Rehovot, and who should not
Pick it if you are
- Modern Orthodox families who want a large shul where most members came from English-speaking countries.
- Yeshivish families who want shiurim in English and Chareidi schools that Anglo families already use.
- Households where one partner commutes to Tel Aviv by train.
- Academics and scientists working at the Weizmann Institute.
Look elsewhere if you are
- Buyers on a tight budget.
- Investors buying for rental income.
- Anyone who needs a daily train to Jerusalem.
- Families who want to get by mostly in English.
Questions about Rehovot
Is Rehovot good for English speakers?
The Weizmann Institute's guide says the city has, by Israeli standards, a large English-speaking population, and the Berman Shul lists about 320 member families, most of them from English-speaking countries. It is still a Hebrew-speaking city: the Ministry of Aliyah counts 448 olim from the US and 36 from the UK among the 4,385 who settled here from 2014 to 2023.
Where do English speakers live in Rehovot?
Nefesh B'Nefesh says Anglo olim are spread across the city, but many live near the Berman and Chatam synagogues. Wikipedia places the religious English-speaking community mainly in northern Rehovot, around the Weizmann Institute.
Is there an English-speaking shul in Rehovot?
Two Orthodox shuls are built around English speakers. The Berman Shul, Modern Orthodox and founded in 1970, says most of its about 320 member families made aliyah from English-speaking countries. Chatam, founded in 1983 for the city's English speakers, is a Yeshivish community with an English-speaking rav and shiurim in English. Adat Shalom Emanuel, a Masorti congregation, was founded by North American immigrants in 1970, according to a page written around 2010.
Is Rehovot religious?
It is mixed. In the 2022 census the most common household described itself as secular, and Nefesh B'Nefesh describes a significant number of religious families spread across the city's neighbourhoods, from traditional and religious to Chareidi.
How much does an apartment cost in Rehovot?
The median recorded sale of a 4-room home in Rehovot over the last 12 months was ₪2,436,550, new and older homes together (nadlan.gov.il, 20 Aug 2026).
Source: nadlan.gov.il
How much is rent in Rehovot?
The median recorded rent over the last 12 months was ₪4,800 a month for all homes and ₪5,600 for 4 rooms (nadlan.gov.il, 20 Aug 2026).
Source: nadlan.gov.il
How long is the train from Rehovot to Tel Aviv?
On a weekday the fastest direct train from Rehovot takes 25 minutes to Tel Aviv HaHagana and 34 minutes to Savidor (47 direct trains that day), per the Ministry of Transport timetable fetched 14 Oct 2026. There is no direct train to Jerusalem.
Source: Ministry of Transport GTFS
Is there an olim coordinator in Rehovot who speaks English?
Yes. The Ministry of Aliyah lists one coordinator for Rehovot, who speaks English and Russian, and Nefesh B'Nefesh lists an Anglo olim coordinator at the municipality's Oleh House.
How long do you have to reach a shelter in Rehovot?
90 seconds from the siren, according to the Home Front Command.
Source: Home Front Command · 14 Oct 2026
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Sources and method
- CBS Localities File 2024, 31 Dec 2024
- CBS Census 2022, data.gov.il, 31 Dec 2022
- Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, olim by receiving locality (new-olim-by-cities), data.gov.il, 2014 to 2023
- Ministry of Education institutions (mosdot_edu), data.gov.il, 14 Oct 2026
- Ministry of Construction and Housing, Dira BeHanacha lotteries (mechir-lamishtaken), data.gov.il, 27 Jan 2025
- Home Front Command alert areas (districts_heb.json), 14 Oct 2026
- Bank of Israel interest rate (SDMX BR), 13 Oct 2026
- CBS, Local Authorities in Israel 2023, authority profile (publication 1987), 31 Dec 2023; 2023; 2022; Jun 2024; 2021
- CBS, Characterization and Classification of Geographical Units by Socio-Economic Level, 2021, table 2, 2021
- CBS Price Statistics Monthly, table 4.9, average free-market rent, Q2 2026
- Ministry of Transport GTFS, Israel Railways (agency 2), 14 Oct 2026
- nadlan.gov.il (Tax Authority deal records), site's own summary, 20 Aug 2026
- Israel Land Authority tenders (michrazim), 14 Oct 2026
Official figures fetched 14 Oct 2026. Each date is the period the source covers, or for live lists (schools, tenders, timetable, warning times) the day we fetched it. Page written 14 Oct 2026.