Securities Available-for-sale - Summary of Amortized Costs and Fair Value of Securities Available-for-sale (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Securities Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	$ 68,569	$ 67,900
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	463	32
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	(567)	(2,201)
Securities Available for Sale, Fair Value	68,465	65,731
Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Securities Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	9,421	11,348
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	67	25
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	(20)	(204)
Securities Available for Sale, Fair Value	9,468	11,169
Government-sponsored Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Securities Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	54,169	52,363
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	380	4
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	(542)	(1,992)
Securities Available for Sale, Fair Value	54,007	50,375
Corporate Collateralized Mortgage Obligations [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Securities Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	346	410
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	7	1
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses		(1)
Securities Available for Sale, Fair Value	353	410
Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Securities Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	2,926	3,530
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	4	2
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	(4)	(1)
Securities Available for Sale, Fair Value	2,926	3,531
Certificates of Deposit [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Securities Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	1,707	249
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	5
Securities Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1)	(3)
Securities Available for Sale, Fair Value	$ 1,711	$ 246

Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Amount before tax of unrealized gain in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) on investments in debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b)
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Amount before tax of unrealized loss in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) on investments in debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale.

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