Off-Balance Sheet Risk (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Off Balance Sheet Risk
Contract amounts representing credit risk	$ 399,896,000	$ 406,451,000
Allowance for credit losses	$ 902,000	$ 1,342,000
Commitment to extend credit funded rate	55.60%	54.90%
Historic commitment to extend credit funded rate	53.00%	51.60%
Commitments to extend credit
Off Balance Sheet Risk
Contract amounts representing credit risk	$ 853,704,000	$ 855,171,000
Funded commitments to extend credit
Off Balance Sheet Risk
Contract amounts representing credit risk	474,855,000	469,684,000
Remaining unfunded commitments to extend credit
Off Balance Sheet Risk
Contract amounts representing credit risk	378,849,000	385,487,000
Standby letters of credit
Off Balance Sheet Risk
Contract amounts representing credit risk	$ 14,052,000	13,969,000
Coverage period for instrument (in years)	1 year
Credit exposure from the sale of assets with recourse
Off Balance Sheet Risk
Contract amounts representing credit risk	$ 6,995,000	6,995,000
Commitments To Extend Credit, Primarily Commercial Relationships
Off Balance Sheet Risk
Contract amounts representing credit risk		$ 161,037,000

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The face amount of financial liabilities, which are not recognized in the financial statements (off-balance sheet) because they fail to meet some other criterion for recognition.

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Amount of expected credit loss for credit exposure on off-balance-sheet commitment, including but not limited to, loan commitment, standby letter of credit, financial guarantee not accounted for as insurance. Excludes off-balance sheet credit exposure accounted for as insurance and instrument accounted for under derivatives and hedging.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479344/326-20-45-2

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Publisher FASB
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