Worden is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States.

When the railroad was built through the settlement in 1870, the name "Worden" was given to the station, after John C. Worden, an English immigrant, businessman, and railroad promoter.

At the 2000 census there were 905 people, 378 households, and 261 families living in the village.

There were 396 housing units at an average density of 599.6 per square mile (231.5/km2).

[7] Of the 378 households 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families.