How much does an apartment cost in Lod?

Half of the 919 homes for sale in Lod on Vesty ask less than ₪1,690,000, and the typical home is 90 m². These are asking prices from live listings, refreshed twice a day.

What is the price per square metre in Lod?

The typical asking price in Lod is ₪18,657 per m². Nearby Ramla and Be'er Ya'akov ask more.

How much is rent in Lod?

The typical asking rent in Lod is ₪4,500 a month, across 143 rentals on Vesty.

Lod

One of Israel's oldest cities, Jewish and Arab, next to Ben Gurion Airport.

90,800

residents · +26% since 2014

11.6%

aged 65 or over

69%

earn the (Israel 71%, 2022/23)

3 of 10

socio-economic level

Jewish and others70.2%
Arab Muslim28.8%
Arab Christian1%

01 · People

5,500 years, three faiths

Lod has been lived in almost without a break since ancient times. Today it is a mixed city of Jews and Arabs, and of long-time residents and newcomers.

30%of residents are Arab citizens, Muslim and Christian (2023)
16.5%came to Israel since 1990, against 12.8% in Israel
4,200Ethiopian-Israelis (2019), 5.4% of residents

02 · Schools

Hebrew and Arabic schools side by side

About 18,278 pupils in state, state-religious, and Arab schools.

18,278pupils in 2022/23
52schools, 36 of them primary
69%of 12th-graders earn the , against 71% in Israel

03 · Getting around

A railway junction next to the airport

Two train stations, Ben Gurion Airport on the edge of the city, and Tel Aviv a short drive away.

12.5 kmto the edge of the Tel Aviv district
2railway stations in the city
62%of employed residents work outside Lod, against 54% in Israel

04 · Everyday life

A Roman mosaic and an old city

A Roman mosaic that toured the world's great museums, an old city of churches and mosques, and new neighbourhoods in the east.

17 mlong: the Roman Lod Mosaic, found in 1996
₪12,088average monthly wage in 2025, below Israel's ₪15,140
27%of homes are rented, against 29% in Israel

05 · Neighbourhoods

Where to live in Lod

City centre
CentralEstablished
The centre and the older neighbourhoods around it, with shops and municipal services.
Homes in City centre
Old city
HistoricArab community
Lod's historic heart, with the Church of St George and the El-Omari mosque; the municipality plans its renewal.
Ramat Eshkol
Arab communityEstablished
Next to the old city, part of the quarter of Lod's Arab community: established blocks of flats.
Homes in Ramat Eshkol
Ganei Aviv
LargeTrain
The western quarter: a large neighbourhood built from the 1990s, with flats and duplexes and a railway station of its own.
Homes in Ganei Aviv
Ben Gurion
Established
In the eastern quarter, an established neighbourhood of blocks of flats.
Homes in Ben Gurion
Ganei Yaar
Established
In the eastern quarter, mostly blocks of flats.
Homes in Ganei Yaar
Ahisamakh
New building
A new neighbourhood in the south-east of the city, with recent buildings.
Homes in Ahisamakh
Nofei Ben Shemen
New buildingGreen
A new neighbourhood on the eastern edge of the city, towards the Ben Shemen forest.
Homes in Nofei Ben Shemen