Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) Investment	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Investment
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession	2	4
Reduced or deferred payments	1
Converted to interest only
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Total Number of loans	3	4
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 1,354	$ 2,613
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 1,363	$ 2,621
Commercial [Member] \| Owner occupied [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession		1
Reduced or deferred payments
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total Number of loans		1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 18
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 22
Commercial [Member] \| Non-owner occupied RE [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession	1
Reduced or deferred payments
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total Number of loans	1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 976
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 976
Commercial [Member] \| Business [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession	1	1
Reduced or deferred payments	1
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total Number of loans	2	1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 378	$ 2,381
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 387	$ 2,381
Consumer [Member] \| Real Estate [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession		1
Reduced or deferred payments
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total Number of loans		1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 188
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 188
Consumer [Member] \| Other [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession		1
Reduced or deferred payments
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total Number of loans		1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 26
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 30

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953676-111524

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