Kfar Saba

Kfar Saba

A green city in the Sharon, founded as a farming village in 1903.

97,200

residents · +3.3% since 2014

22.2%

aged 65 or over

86%

earn the (Israel 71%, 2022/23)

8 of 10

socio-economic level

  • Jewish and others99.8%
  • Arab Muslim0.2%
Kfar Saba – People

01 · People

A moshava rebuilt three times

Kfar Saba was looted, destroyed and burned in its first twenty years, and became a city in 1962. Today it is settled and older than Israel's average.

  • 1962Kfar Saba became a city
  • 22%of residents are 65 or over, against 13% in Israel
  • 1,235immigrants from the former Soviet Union settled here from 2014 to 2023
Kfar Saba – Schools

02 · Schools

Some of the best results in Israel

About 19,739 pupils in 43 state and state-religious schools.

  • 86%of 12th-graders earn the , against 71% in Israel
  • 80%meet the universities' entry threshold, against 59%
  • 51%of adults hold a degree, against 31% in Israel
Kfar Saba – Getting around

03 · Getting around

Next to Tel Aviv, between Routes 4 and 6

Kfar Saba sits in the Sharon, a short drive from Tel Aviv, with a train station of its own.

  • 7 kmto the edge of the Tel Aviv district
  • 62%of employed residents work outside the city, against 54% in Israel
  • NordauKfar Saba's railway station
Kfar Saba – Everyday life

04 · Everyday life

Parks, a museum and a regional hospital

A green city with a culture centre at Kiryat Sapir and Meir Medical Center.

  • 1947Meir Medical Center founded
  • ₪19,927average monthly wage in 2025, above Israel's ₪15,140
  • 28%of homes are rented, against 29% in Israel

05 · Neighbourhoods

Where to live in Kfar Saba

  • City centre

    HistoricShopping

    The old around the Khan, today the municipality, and Weizmann Street, the main street of shops and cafés.

    Homes in City centre
  • Downtown South

    CentralNewer flats

    South of the centre, with many buildings from the 2000s and 2010s.

    Homes in Downtown South
  • Green neighbourhoods

    New buildingFamilies

    Kfar Saba HaYeroka, in the north-west: one of the city's newest areas, with its own community centre and sports centres.

    Homes in Green neighbourhoods
  • HaZemer HaIvri

    New building

    A newer neighbourhood in the north-west, next to the green neighbourhoods.

    Homes in HaZemer HaIvri
  • Rishonim

    Established

    South-east of the centre, with flats and duplexes and a community centre of its own.

    Homes in Rishonim
  • Yoseftal

    Established

    In the east, built for immigrants in the years after 1948.

    Homes in Yoseftal
  • Hadarim

    Established

    In the east, named after the citrus groves that once surrounded the moshava.

    Homes in Hadarim
  • Kaplan

    Green

    In the north-east, next to the Kaplan community forest.

    Homes in Kaplan

06 · Homes

Homes in Kfar Saba

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