Vale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, South Dakota, United States.

The public school located in Vale, whose mascot was The Beet Diggers, closed in 1982.

[6] The Full Throttle Saloon, a large bar and entertainment site described as the world's largest biker bar[7] and previously the subject of the reality television series Full Throttle Saloon, was rebuilt, moving from nearby Sturgis to 600 acres in Vale near Bear Butte.

The median household income was $20,139, and the overall poverty rate was 26.9%, as opposed to the state's overall 12.5%.

Only 11.1% of residents had completed a bachelor's degree or higher, in contrast to 31.6% of all South Dakotans.