Tilton is a village in Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.

It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[3] It is named after Charles Tilton, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, who worked for the railroads.

Lincoln reputedly had Thanksgiving dinner at Tilton's house in the village in the 1850s.

32.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.