 Atarot farmers supplied fruit, produce and dairy products to Jerusalem.Some of the moshav's fields were located at a distance, which created a security problem during the 1929 Palestine riots and 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine when it residents were shot at, robbed, and besieged.According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Atarot had a population of 250 inhabitants, in 59 inhabited houses.