Investment Securities (Details) - Schedule of Gross Unrealized Losses on Investment Securities and Fair Market Value of Related Securities $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	76	43
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 73,642	$ 53,041
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 5,080	$ 995
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	34	28
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 30,474	$ 27,586
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 3,043	$ 886
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	110	71
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 104,116	$ 80,627
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 8,123	$ 1,881
Corporate bonds [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 2,066	$ 2,188
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 125	$ 10
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 2,066	$ 2,188
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 125	$ 10
US treasures [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 934	$ 992
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 65	$ 7
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 934	$ 992
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 65	$ 7
US government agencies [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	4	7
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 6,399	$ 9,831
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 612	$ 173
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	6	4
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 5,420	$ 3,837
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 575	$ 163
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	10	11
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 11,819	$ 13,668
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 1,187	$ 336
State and political subdivisions [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	20	9
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 15,206	$ 7,821
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 1,033	$ 193
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	8	6
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 4,461	$ 2,909
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 554	$ 67
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	28	15
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 19,667	$ 10,730
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 1,587	$ 260
Asset-backed [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	6	2
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 5,861	$ 1,751
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 55	$ 9
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	2	2
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 1,612	$ 1,717
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 21	$ 7
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	8	4
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 7,473	$ 3,468
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 76	$ 16
FHLMC [Member] \| Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	14	10
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 15,318	$ 13,705
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 1,286	$ 303
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	5	4
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 4,974	$ 4,644
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 560	$ 192
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	19	14
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 20,292	$ 18,349
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 1,846	$ 495
FNMA [Member] \| Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	26	11
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 23,751	$ 16,098
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 1,692	$ 296
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	10	9
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 11,329	$ 11,264
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 1,124	$ 364
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	36	20
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 35,080	$ 27,362
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 2,816	$ 660
GNMA [Member] \| Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	4	2
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 4,107	$ 655
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 212	$ 4
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	3	3
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 2,678	$ 3,215
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 209	$ 93
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	7	5
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 6,785	$ 3,870
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 421	$ 97

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