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The number of classes that groups of loans are collectively evaluated for impairment.

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The total number of components that represents the allowance for loan losses.

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Represents the minimum period after which loans are considered as substandard.

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Represents the approximate number of months of sustained repayment performance to return a nonperforming troubled debt restructuring to performing status.

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Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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Loans - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Loans - Narrative (Details)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) contract class category component	Sep. 30, 2019 contract	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) component contract category class	Sep. 30, 2019 contract	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing receivable individually evaluated for impairment minimum amount			$ 100,000
Individually evaluated for impairment			$ 100,000
Payment delays limit (in days)			90 days
Period to classify TDR non performing loans to performing (in months)			6 months
Number of loan modifications \| contract	0	1	0	5
Number of TDRs that defaulted \| contract			2
Recorded investment	$ 12,218,000		$ 12,218,000		$ 13,282,000
Real estate acquired through foreclosure	376,000		376,000		493,000
Mortgage loans in process of foreclosure, amount	$ 446,000		$ 446,000		$ 32,000
Number of categories considered not criticized and rated as, Pass \| category	6		6
Minimum period after which loans are considered as substandard (in days)			90 days
Number of components that represents the allowance for loan losses \| component	2		2
Number of classes that groups of loans are collectively evaluated for impairment \| class	2		2
Real Estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of categories in which real estate loans segmented \| category			3
Jersey Shore State Bank
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Amount after which external annual loan review of commercial relationships performed, minimum			$ 1,750,000
Commercial, financial, and agricultural
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loan modifications \| contract		0		2
Number of TDRs that defaulted \| contract			1
Troubled debt restructuring, default amount			$ 640,000
Commercial \| Real Estate Mortgages
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loan modifications \| contract		0		2
Number of TDRs that defaulted \| contract			1
Troubled debt restructuring, default amount			$ 1,040,000
COVID-19 Modifications
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loan modifications \| contract			1,530
Number of loan modifications remaining \| contract			1,395
Loan modifications, amount	$ 230,326,000		$ 230,326,000