Key Control for Highland's Large Households
Highland's 2026 General Plan pictures a family bedroom town of big lots, single-family houses, and open space, and the data backs it up. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey puts owner-occupancy at 91.7% and the median home value at $928,300, and 88.4% of homes are single-family detached. The General Plan adds that owner households average 4.3 people.
Big households mean a lot of keys. Teenagers, grandparents, sitters, cleaners, and contractors can each end up with a copy, and a standard key can be duplicated at almost any hardware counter. Two fixes work well here. A high-security cylinder uses restricted keys that are copied only with the owner's authorization, and BHMA's A156.30 standard rates these cylinders for key control, drill and pull resistance, and pick resistance. A keypad or smart lock gives each person a separate code instead: Schlage says its Encode Wi-Fi deadbolt holds up to 100, and you can delete one without touching the rest.
Building hasn't stopped either. City project lists show large-lot subdivisions like Abbies Acres, Aberlour, Magnolia Estates, and Williams View in the works, and the Ridgeview development adds 424 lots. If you just closed on one, our Highland rekeying page explains how to retire every key handed out during the build.