Zwave Lock BE469 slow to update status

I recently added a few BE469 locks to my HUSBZB-1 hub and noticed that the farthest lock is a bit slow in reporting its lock/unlock status. I imagine is simply due to the distance from the hub so I added a zwave device (not battery powered) about halfway from the lock and hub so while a bit better, I was wondering if there’s anything else I can do to make it report a little faster?

Here’s my zwave config:

zwave:
  usb_path: /dev/ttyUSB0
  device_config: !include zwave_device_config.yaml
  polling_interval: 30000 ## To help with switches not reporting accurately

I have two Schlage locks and they are sometimes super responsive, sometimes sluggish to report, and I periodically have to pull the power on them. When looking at the Zwave graph, the response times are always >1 second (sometimes even 3-5 seconds for the furthest one) as compared to the rest of my network which is pretty much in the 30-150 ms range. Not sure what it is, but they are just slow and sluggish.

I’m using the Aeotech Z wave stick if it matters.

Thank you for your input. Good to know that its just not a misconfiguration on my part.