Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Quantitative Information About Level III Significant Unobservable Inputs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Non-recurring \| Impaired loans
Quantitative Information about Level III Fair Value Measurements
Fair value	$ 11,966	$ 11,609
Non-recurring \| Impaired loans \| Level III
Quantitative Information about Level III Fair Value Measurements
Fair value	$ 11,966	$ 11,609
Non-recurring \| Impaired loans \| Appraisal of collateral \| Level III \| Minimum
Unobservable Input
Appraisal adjustments, percentage	20.00%	20.00%
Liquidation expense, percentage	5.00%	5.00%
Non-recurring \| Impaired loans \| Appraisal of collateral \| Level III \| Maximum
Unobservable Input
Appraisal adjustments, percentage	62.00%	62.00%
Liquidation expense, percentage	10.00%	10.00%
Non-recurring \| Other real estate owned
Quantitative Information about Level III Fair Value Measurements
Fair value	$ 1,387	$ 414
Non-recurring \| Other real estate owned \| Level III
Quantitative Information about Level III Fair Value Measurements
Fair value	$ 1,387	$ 414
Non-recurring \| Other real estate owned \| Appraisal of collateral \| Level III \| Minimum
Unobservable Input
Appraisal adjustments, percentage	20.00%	20.00%
Liquidation expense, percentage	5.00%	5.00%
Non-recurring \| Other real estate owned \| Appraisal of collateral \| Level III \| Maximum
Unobservable Input
Appraisal adjustments, percentage	30.00%	30.00%
Liquidation expense, percentage	10.00%	10.00%
Recurring \| Interest rate lock commitment \| Level III
Quantitative Information about Level III Fair Value Measurements
Fair value	$ 1,849	$ 1,546
Recurring \| Interest rate lock commitment \| Pricing model \| Level III \| Minimum
Unobservable Input
Pull through rates, percentage	73.00%	73.00%
Recurring \| Interest rate lock commitment \| Pricing model \| Level III \| Maximum
Unobservable Input
Pull through rates, percentage	81.00%	85.00%

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Fair Value Inputs, Pull Through Rate

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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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