Juliana Village is a gated single-residential community by Highland Homes in Auburndale, Polk County, set off State Road 559 between Lake Juliana and Lake Mattie (Highland Homes community pages, 2026; Kearney Companies project page, 2026). The builder launched the community in 2018 and built it out in phases, with home plans cited from roughly 1,800 to more than 3,100 square feet and three to six bedrooms; the new-construction program is now sold out, so most activity is resale.
Site work was handled by The Kearney Companies, which describes installing infrastructure for 59 single-family lots plus offsite road improvements in an early phase, with later phases extending the community (Kearney Companies project page, 2026). The average homesite is cited at about 80 by 130 feet, roughly a quarter acre, with conservation areas and open space at the edges; confirm the exact lot dimensions, phase, and any water or conservation adjacency for a specific address.
Because this is a small gated subdivision rather than a large master plan, the money is made or lost on the individual home and lot, not on a townwide average. The drivers are the lot position, the floor plan and condition, the modest annual HOA, and the insurance line, all of which should be read per home from the listing and the current association documents.
The pitch is a gated lake-district address with corridor access: the Lake Juliana boat ramp is close, I-4 is about two miles north for the commute to Lakeland, Tampa, or Orlando, and the broader Polk County lakes district is in a sustained growth cycle. The work is the diligence: confirm the HOA dues and rules, quote insurance for the exact home, and weigh the home against newer Auburndale construction before you buy.
