Loans - Nonaccrual Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 0	$ 658	$ 667
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	2,497	1,520	1,886
Total Nonaccrual	2,497	2,178	2,553
Commercial \| Real estate owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	367	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	367	0	0
Commercial \| Real estate non-owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	0	0	0
Commercial \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	19	29	29
Total Nonaccrual	19	29	29
Commercial \| C&I
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	354	363
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	129	184	351
Total Nonaccrual	129	538	714
Commercial \| Multifamily
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	0	0	0
Commercial \| Agriculture
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	31	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	31	0	0
Municipal
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	0	0	0
Residential \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	0	0	0
Residential \| Term
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	304	304
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	1,686	1,011	1,016
Total Nonaccrual	1,686	1,315	1,320
Home Equity
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	265	296	490
Total Nonaccrual	265	296	490
Consumer
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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