Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
Planned, green and midway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, roughly 30 minutes to either. Religiously mixed, with whole sub-neighbourhoods functionally English-dominant.
People
100,052
CBS, 2024-12-31
Rent, 3 rooms
₪7,355
Listings median, asking price. Signed leases typically run 2 to 5% below this, so it is not directly comparable to the CBS cities.
Listings median. A second portal reads ₪6,200 for the same size, a 19% spread, so treat the true figure as somewhere in that band.
Arnona here
₪26.6 to ₪45.9
per sqm a year, residential
The municipal page gives 3.77 per built sqm in Modi’in and 2.18 in the Maccabim-Re’ut quarter, which read as monthly figures; annualised here. The two quarters measure area differently.
From the 2025 order, carried forward with the 2026 automatic update of 1.626%.
Unit ambiguity (monthly versus annual) not resolved; treat with care.
Checked 2026-09-10 · Weak evidence, treat as a guideThe city’s tariff orderEstimate this home’s running costs
Who else is here
- English speakers
- One of the highest concentrations of English speakers in the country, Buchman especially. No published share.
Rental assistance here, by oleh status date
Paid from month 7 to month 30 after aliyah, by the address in the Population Registry. Which rate applies depends on the date you received oleh status.
| Oleh status | A month (single, couple, single parent) | |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1 March 2024 | An older schedule we do not compute | |
| 1 March 2024 to 31 March 2025 | The higher rate only if this town is on the priority, Negev and Galil list (order 429, annex A); otherwise the standard rate | |
| 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025 | Standard rate | ₪363 / ₪659 / ₪739 |
| From 1 January 2026 | Standard rate | ₪363 / ₪659 / ₪739 |
CheckedConfidence: medium, confirm before actingSources: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: זכאות לסיוע בשכר דירה (Rental assistance for olim), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: הוראת שעה 429: זכאות סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Temporary order 429), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: נוהל 19.000: סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Procedure 19.000), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: יישובי מחוזות משרד הפנים: צפון, חיפה, דרום ויהודה ושומרון (district locality list)
Work out your own figure in the rental assistance calculatorBefore you decide
Israel’s first government-funded non-Orthodox synagogue was dedicated here in 2008, which matters if you are Reform or Masorti.
Olim who started here
In 2025, 262 olim were first registered in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, out of 22,423 nationwide (Ministry of Aliyah and Integration records). That is where people were registered on arrival, not where they live now.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, data.gov.il. Checked 2026-10-15. Next review due 2027-01-13.
See where olim land, 2015 to 2025