Mortgage Servicing Rights (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Outstanding principal balance of loans serviced for others	$ 250,083	$ 223,610
Net gain from sale of loans	1,211	714	$ 496
Mortgage servicing rights capitalized	554	487
Amortization of mortgage servicing rights	459	449
Fair value of mortgage servicing rights	$ 1,696	1,915
Moving average of weekly prepayment data (in months)	3 months
Anticipated loan prepayment rate of servicing assets (in hundredths)	15.00%
Period used to determine average quarterly discount rate (in years)	10 years
Servicing assets and servicing liabilities at fair value, assumptions used to estimate fair value, discount rate adjustment factor (in hundredths)	3.79%
Summary of mortgage servicing rights [Abstract]
Mortgage servicing rights	$ 5,901	5,747
Accumulated amortization	(4,680)	(4,619)
Impairment reserve	(108)	(35)
Mortgage servicing rights, net	$ 1,113	$ 1,093

The cumulative amount of amortization for mortgage servicing rights that has been recognized in the income statement.

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The average quarterly discount rate period used as assumption in evaluating the carrying value of mortgage servicing rights.

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Gross amount, as of the balance sheet date, of mortgage servicing rights.

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Net amount, as of the balance sheet date, of mortgage servicing rights.

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The moving average period of weekly prepayment data used as assumption in evaluating the carrying value of mortgage servicing rights.

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Net gain from the sale of loans held for sale.

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A reserve for the amount of expected decrease in the value of mortgage servicing rights which cannot be physically measured.

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Dollar amount of principal outstanding on loans being serviced for others at the balance sheet date.

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The amount of rate spread added to the ten-year US Treasury rate to derive the discount rate used in the fair value calculation for the loan servicing portfolio.

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The periodic amortization (in proportion to and over the period of estimated net servicing income or loss) of capitalized servicing rights, which contractually entitle the servicer to receive fees and ancillary revenues for performing billing, collection, disbursement and recordkeeping services in connection with a mortgage portfolio. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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The value of new servicing assets, subsequently measured at fair value, acquired or created during the current period through purchases or from transfers of financial assets.

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Fair value of an asset representing net future revenue from contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, and other ancillary revenues, in excess of future costs related to servicing arrangements.

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Estimated rate of prepayments of principal on servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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