Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) contract	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| contract	3	2
Total Modifications	$ 148	$ 62
1-4 Family Residential Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| contract	2
Total Modifications	$ 130
Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| contract		1
Total Modifications		$ 59
Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| contract	1	1
Total Modifications	$ 18	$ 3
Extended Amortization Period
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0	0
Extended Amortization Period \| 1-4 Family Residential Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0
Extended Amortization Period \| Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications		0
Extended Amortization Period \| Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0	0
Interest Rate Reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0	0
Interest Rate Reduction \| 1-4 Family Residential Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0
Interest Rate Reduction \| Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications		0
Interest Rate Reduction \| Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0	0
Combination
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	148	62
Combination \| 1-4 Family Residential Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	130
Combination \| Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications		59
Combination \| Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	$ 18	$ 3

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
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