Tilden is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States.

[5] As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 922 people, 362 households, and 263 families residing in the village.

The racial makeup of the village was 99.13% White, 0.11% Native American, and 0.76% from two or more races.

There were 362 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families.

23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.