Loans - Pre-Modification and Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	3	11
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 242	$ 1,203
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	193	1,060
Specific Reserves	$ 21	$ 162
Commercial \| Real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 109
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	90
Specific Reserves	$ 0	$ 90
Commercial \| Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Specific Reserves	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial \| Other
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 98
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	98
Specific Reserves	$ 0	$ 0
Municipal
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Specific Reserves	$ 0	$ 0
Residential \| Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Specific Reserves	$ 0	$ 0
Residential \| Term
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	2	8
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 234	$ 996
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	185	872
Specific Reserves	$ 21	$ 72
Home equity line of credit
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Specific Reserves	$ 0	$ 0
Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	1	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 8	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	8	0
Specific Reserves	$ 0	$ 0

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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