Borrowings - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
FHLB advances	$ 0	$ 0
Letter of credit	30,000,000.0
Unused Lines of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Future borrowings	156,100,000
Federal Funds Lines [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings	0	$ 0
FHLB [Member] \| Unused Lines of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Future borrowings	39,100,000
Third Party Financial Institutions [Member] \| Unused Lines of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Future borrowings	$ 117,000,000.0

Amount of borrowings as of the balance sheet date from the Federal Home Loan Bank, which are primarily used to cover shortages in the required reserve balance and liquidity shortages.

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Amount of unused borrowing capacity under the long-term financing arrangement that is available to the entity as of the balance sheet date.

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