How can I manually set a specific Wi-Fi network to always be used in a specific location?

My point is that should be unnecessary. Every time I come home I only want to connect to my private home network, but for some reason that isn’t an option, unless I’m missing something. Most of the time my computer and iPhone will hop on the xfinitywifi network.

That's correct, but by prioritizing, I could at least put my home network on top, and that would be selected reliably whenever I got back home.

Below my home network I could put co-work spaces, known coffee shops, my brother's house, and other known locations. All of those networks were set to auto-join so the end result was that I automatically connected to the desired network for the location.

Down on the priority list below those known locations was XFINITY and xfinitywifi. Those are ubiquitous in my area and I want to join those in the park and other random public locations. But, I don't want to join those networks if there is a "better" one that I have set to join automatically.

@old toad, the auto-join option is not specific for a location, so it doesn't help me. I have auto-join turned on for my home, but there are other visible networks and for some reason macOS and iOS seem to prefer the other networks. So, whenever I come home I have to check, and usually change the Wi-Fi on my MacBook, iPhone and iPad. It's really annoying.

I don't want to turn off the auto-join on those other networks (Xfinity) because I also use them frequently when I'm not home. All my neighbors have xfinitywifi and XFINITY hotspots, so my guess is that my devices "see" those networks as I am driving/walking through the neighborhood on my way home. Since I'm already connected to those networks as I approach my house the devices just keep using that when I get home.

I know that in my driveway I can't get my own home Wi-Fi, but I get the neighbor's Xfinity, which is great when I'm working on the car or something and streaming Apple Music. But, when I go back in the house I want to use my own, preferred network automatically.

Selecting a preferred Wi-Fi network just seems like such a basic security requirement that I don't understand why it's not possible.

@old toad, yes on Ventura. The issue is when you have multiple "auto-join" networks in the same location, there is no way to prioritize those, as far as I can tell. But there should be.