It is bounded to the south by South Hammond and Woodmar, to the west by Calumet City, Illinois, to the north by North Hammond, and to the east by the East Chicago neighborhoods of Roxana and Southside.

The sinuous Grand Calumet River marks the neighborhood's northern boundary.

[1] The neighborhood's boundaries correspond to Hammond's Planning District III.

[2] Central Hammond is made up of a patchwork of residential, commercial and institutional land uses.

Beyond the downtown, the neighborhood is also contains the Forest–Moraine Residential Historic District in its southwestern corner.