Hickory Ranch is a single-family home community built by KB Home in Auburndale, Polk County, with a sales address on Acer Lane in ZIP 33823 on the northwest side of town near Berkley Road and Hickory Road (KB Home community page and new-home listing guides, 2026). It is a builder community of detached homes rather than a condo or townhome project.
Builder and listing guides describe floor plans generally ranging from roughly 1,300 to 2,500 square feet with three to four bedrooms and two to two and a half baths, a typical central-Florida starter to move-up range (new-home listing guides, 2026). Confirm the exact size, bedroom count, and elevation for any specific home, since plan availability and pricing change as the community sells through.
Because this is a builder community, the money is made or lost on the home and the lot, not just the address. The drivers are the floor plan, the lot position and size, the HOA dues, whether any CDD applies, and the finish level of the specific home, all of which should be read from the current listing and the community documents.
The pitch is a new-build home in central Polk with a simple cost structure: listing guides report a modest HOA and no CDD, and the location is convenient to I-4, Highway 570 (the Polk Parkway), and US-92, with Lakeland, Winter Haven, and nearby parks such as Lake Myrtle Sports Park and Saddle Creek Park within reach. The work is the diligence: confirm the HOA dues and any CDD, check the lot and drainage, and read the warranty before you buy.
