How much does an apartment cost in Bet Shemesh?

Half of the 413 homes for sale in Bet Shemesh on Vesty ask less than ₪2,800,000, and the typical home is 115 m². These are asking prices from live listings, refreshed twice a day.

What is the price per square metre in Bet Shemesh?

The typical asking price in Bet Shemesh is ₪22,455 per m².

How much is rent in Bet Shemesh?

The typical asking rent in Bet Shemesh is ₪6,325 a month, across 92 rentals on Vesty.

Which neighbourhoods in Bet Shemesh are the most affordable?

By asking price per m², Givat Sharett (₪18,951) and Ramat Moshe (₪20,985) are the lowest of the neighbourhoods with 20+ homes for sale; Ramat Hanachalim is the highest at ₪25,904.

Bet Shemesh

A fast-growing city in the Judean foothills, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

173,000

residents · +76% since 2014

aged 65 or over

30%

earn the (Israel 71%, 2022/23)

2 of 10

socio-economic level

Jewish and others99.9%
Arab Muslim0.1%

01 · People

From a transit camp to a city of 173,000

Beit Shemesh grew by three quarters in ten years. More than half of its residents are children, and many families came from English-speaking countries.

76%population growth from 2014 to 2024
52.6%of residents are under 18, against 32% in Israel
3,646immigrants from the United States settled here from 2014 to 2023

02 · Schools

Many children, many kinds of school

About 36,925 pupils in , state-religious and state schools.

36,925pupils in 2022/23
170schools, 104 of them primary
30%of 12th-graders earn the , against 71% in Israel

03 · Getting around

Between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, with its own train

Beit Shemesh station is on the line between the two cities, and most residents work close to home.

43 kmto the edge of the Tel Aviv district
31%of employed residents work outside the city, against 54% in Israel
38.3 km²the whole city, old town and new

04 · Everyday life

Green hills and a hospital of its own

Forests and trails all around, and since 2023 a Hadassah medical centre in the city.

2023Hadassah Beit Shemesh opened
₪10,969average monthly wage in 2025, below Israel's ₪15,140
28%of homes are rented, against 29% in Israel

05 · Neighbourhoods

Where to live in Bet Shemesh

Ramat Moshe
Old townHouses
In the old town in the north, near the city centre, with flats and private houses.
Homes in Ramat Moshe
Givat Sharett
EstablishedHouses
An established neighbourhood in the north of the old town, with blocks of flats and many private houses.
Homes in Givat Sharett
Sheinfeld
Established
In the north of the city, an established neighbourhood of blocks of flats with its own community administration.
Homes in Sheinfeld
Ramat HaNachalim
English speakersReligious
In Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph, the first part of the new town on the hills south of the old one, home to many English-speaking families.
Homes in Ramat HaNachalim
Ramat Avi Ezri
New town
In Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimel, in the south: blocks of flats on the hillside.
Homes in Ramat Avi Ezri
Ramat Beit Shemesh Dalet
New building
In the south-west, one of the newest parts of Ramat Beit Shemesh, with recent buildings.
Homes in Ramat Beit Shemesh Dalet
Neve Shamir
New building
In the south-east of Ramat Beit Shemesh, a new neighbourhood that is still being built.
Homes in Neve Shamir