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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName Homestead Funds, Inc.
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate May 01, 2022
Daily Income Fund  
Risk Return Abstract rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:22pt;">Daily Income Fund</span>
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Investment Objective</span>
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock The Daily Income Fund seeks maximum current income, consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity by investing in high-quality money market securities.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Fees and Expenses</span>
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock The table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Shareholder Fees </span><span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">(fees paid directly from your investment)</span>
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Fund Operating Expenses </span><span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)</span>
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Homestead Advisers has contractually agreed, through at least April 30, 2023, to limit the Fund's operating expenses to an amount not to exceed 0.60%. Operating expenses exclude interest; taxes; brokerage commissions; other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business; and acquired fund fees and expenses such as the fees and expenses associated with an investment in (i) an investment company or (ii) any company that would be an investment company under Section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), but for the exceptions to that definition provided for in Sections 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. This waiver agreement will terminate immediately upon termination of the Fund's Management Agreement and may be terminated by the Fund or Homestead Advisers with one year's notice.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Homestead Advisers has voluntarily and temporarily agreed to waive fees or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to assist the Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield. Homestead Advisers may revise, renew, or discontinue this voluntary waiver at any time. There is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain a positive yield.</span>
Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text] rr_ExpensesRestatedToReflectCurrent <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Restated to reflect current Management Fees.</span>
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses shown here differ from the expense ratios shown in the Financial Highlights on page 79 because the expenses shown on this page include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and amounts shown in the Financial Highlights do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and because the expenses shown on this page reflect a contractual expense limit of 0.60% and no voluntary waiver, while the amounts shown in the Financial Highlights reflect the voluntary waiver.</span>
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Expense Example</span>
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund to the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except for any fee waiver or expense reimbursement, which is only in effect during the first year. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Investment Strategies</span>
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock The Daily Income Fund invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. government securities, and/or repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized in accordance with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Rule 2a-7”). The Fund may include in this 99.5% test other money market funds that qualify as government money market funds under Rule 2a-7 (“government money market funds”). Because the Daily Income Fund is a “money market fund” and its potential investments are limited by Rule 2a-7, its ability to earn maximum current income will also be limited.The Fund invests in debt securities that are obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities and accordingly are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States (e.g., U.S. Treasury bills) or by the credit of a federal agency or government-sponsored entity. The U.S. government securities in which the Fund invests may also include variable and floating rate instruments. In selecting securities for the Fund’s portfolio, the portfolio managers focus on securities that offer safety, liquidity, and a competitive yield. The Fund’s subadviser, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), conducts a credit analysis of each potential issuer prior to the purchase of the Fund's securities.Invesco may consider, among other factors, credit and interest rate risks, as well as general market conditions, when deciding whether to buy or sell investments.The Fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity, which is derived by multiplying the market value of each investment by the time remaining to its expected maturity, adding these calculations, and then dividing the total by the value of a Fund’s portfolio, of 60 days or less and a dollar-weighted average life, which reflects the average time it takes for a dollar of principal of the security to be repaid, of 120 days or less.The portfolio managers normally hold portfolio securities to maturity, but may sell a security when they deem it advisable, such as when market or credit factors materially change.The Fund is a Government Money Market Fund as defined by Rule 2a-7. As permitted by Rule 2a-7, the Fund seeks to maintain a stable price of $1.00 per share by using the amortized cost method to value portfolio securities and rounding the share value to the nearest cent.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Risks</span>
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.The value of your investment in the Fund may be affected by one or more of the following risks, which are described in more detail in “Description of Fund Risks” in the Prospectus. The significance of any specific risk to an investment in the Fund will vary over time, depending on the composition of the Fund, market conditions and other factors. You should read all of the risk information presented below carefully, because any one or combination of these risks could adversely affect the Fund's return, the price of the Fund's shares or the Fund's yield.Market Risk The risk that markets will perform poorly or that the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests will underperform returns from the general securities markets or other types of investments. Markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions or intervention, political, economic or market developments, or other external factors, such as outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues and outbreaks of war or sanctions in response to military incursions. During those periods, the Fund may experience high levels of shareholder redemptions, and may have to sell securities at times when the Fund would otherwise not do so, and potentially at unfavorable prices. Certain securities may be difficult to value during such periods. These risks may be heightened for fixed income securities in low interest rate environments.Money Market Securities Risk The value of a money market instrument typically will decline during periods of rising interest rates, and can also decline in response to changes in the financial condition of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or underlying collateral assets, or changes in market, economic, industry, political, and regulatory conditions affecting a particular type of security or issuer or fixed income securities generally. Money market funds are not designed to offer capital appreciation. Certain money market funds in which the Fund may invest may impose a fee upon the sale of shares or may temporarily suspend the ability of investors to redeem shares if such fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums, which may adversely affect the Fund’s returns or liquidity.Debt Securities RisksCredit risk: The risk that an issuer or counterparty will fail to pay its obligations to the Fund when they are due. As a result, the Fund’s income might be reduced, the value of the Fund’s investment might fall, and/or the Fund could lose the entire amount of its investment. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic, social or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or other instrument or an issuer, and changes in economic, social or political conditions generally can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security’s or other instrument’s credit quality or value and an issuer’s or counterparty’s ability to pay interest and principal when due.Income Risk: The risk that the Fund’s income may decline due to falling interest rates or other factors. Issuers of securities held by the Fund may call or redeem the securities during periods of falling interest rates, and the Fund would likely be required to reinvest in securities paying lower interest rates. During market conditions in which short-term interest rates are at low levels it is possible that the Fund will generate an insufficient amount of income to pay its expenses, and that it will not be able to pay a daily dividend and may have a negative yield (i.e., it may lose money on an operating basis). It is possible that the Fund would, during these conditions, maintain a substantial portion of its assets in cash, on which it may earn little, if any, income. If an obligation held by the Fund is prepaid, the Fund may have to reinvest the prepayment in other obligations paying income at lower rates.Interest rate risk: The risk that debt instruments will change in value because of changes in interest rates. The value of an instrument with a longer duration (whether positive or negative) will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar instrument with a shorter duration. Bonds and other debt instruments typically have a positive duration, which means the value of the instrument will generally decline if interest rates increase. The value of debt instruments will also generally decline if inflation increases because the purchasing power of the future income and repaid principal is expected to be worth less when received by the Fund.U.S. Government Securities Risk The risk that the value of U.S. Government securities can decrease due to changes in interest rates or changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. Government.Money Market Fund Risk Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, you may lose money by investing in the Fund. The share price of money market funds can fall below the $1.00 share price. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not rely on or expect that the sponsor will enter into support agreements or take other actions to provide financial support to the Fund or maintain the Fund’s $1.00 share price at any time. The credit quality of the Fund’s holdings can change rapidly in certain markets, and the default of a single holding could have an adverse impact on the Fund’s share price. The Fund’s share price can also be negatively affected during periods of high redemption pressures, illiquid markets, and/or significant market volatility. While the Board of Directors may implement procedures to impose a fee upon the sale of your shares or temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares in the future if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors, the Board has not elected to do so at this time. Should the Board elect to do so, such change would only become effective after shareholders were provided with specific advance notice of the change in the Fund’s policy and provided with the opportunity to redeem their shares in accordance with Rule 2a-7 before the policy change became effective.Yield Risk The Fund’s yield will vary as the short-term securities in its portfolio mature or are sold and the proceeds are reinvested in other securities. When interest rates are very low or negative, the Fund may not be able to maintain a positive yield or pay Fund expenses out of current income without impairing the Fund’s ability to maintain a stable net asset value. Additionally, inflation may outpace and diminish investment returns over time. Recent and potential future changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments may affect interest rates.Repurchase Agreements Risk The Fund’s investment return on repurchase agreements will depend on the counterparty’s willingness and ability to perform its obligations under a repurchase agreement. If the Fund’s counterparty should default on its obligations, becomes subject to a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding or if the value of the collateral is insufficient, the Fund could (i) experience delays in recovering cash or the securities sold (and during such delay the value of the underlying securities may change in a manner adverse to the fund) and/or (ii) lose all or part of the income, proceeds or rights in the securities to which the Fund would otherwise be entitled.Variable and Floating-Rate Securities Risk The value of these securities may decline if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as other interest rates. Conversely, these securities will not generally increase in value to the same extent as other fixed income securities, or at all, if interest rates decline.Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk The risk that an investment company or other pooled investment vehicle in which the Fund invests will not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively or that significant purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company’s shares. There will be some duplication of expenses because the Fund also must pay its pro-rata share of that investment company’s fees and expenses.Issuer Risk The risk that the value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to the issuer.Manager Risk  The risk that the subadviser's decisions, including security selection, will cause the Fund to underperform relative to the Fund’s peers. There can be no assurance that the subadviser’s investment techniques and decisions will produce the desired results. The Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective is dependent upon the subadviser’s ability to identify profitable investment opportunities for the Fund. The past experience of the portfolio manager(s), including with other strategies and funds, does not guarantee future results for the Fund.Financial Markets Regulatory Risk  Policy changes by the U.S. government or its regulatory agencies and political events within the United States and abroad may, among other things, affect investor and consumer confidence and increase volatility in the financial markets, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree, which may adversely impact the Fund’s operations, universe of potential investment options, and return potential.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">You could lose money by investing in the Fund. </span>
Risk Money Market Fund May Not Preserve Dollar [Text] rr_RiskMoneyMarketFundMayNotPreserveDollar <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> Although the </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. </span>
Risk Not Insured [Text] rr_RiskNotInsured <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> An investment in </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. </span>
Risk Money Market Fund Sponsor May Not Provide Support [Text] rr_RiskMoneyMarketFundSponsorMayNotProvideSupport <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> The </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.</span>
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Performance</span>
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year. The table shows the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The performance information shown for the Fund includes historical performance information for the periods prior to May 1, 2021. As of May 1, 2021, Invesco was appointed as the subadviser to the Fund. The Fund's performance prior to that time may have been different if the Fund were advised by its current subadviser. Updated performance information is available at no cost by visiting homesteadfunds.com or by calling 800.258.3030.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year. The table shows the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years. </span>
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">800.258.3030</span>
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">homesteadfunds.com</span>
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> The Fund’s past performance (before and after </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.</span>
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Calendar Year Total Returns</span>
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock During the periods shown in the chart, the Fund’s best and worst quarters were as follows:Best Quarters:Q1 & Q2 2019 | 0.41%Worst Quarters:Q1 2012 through Q1 2017 and Q1 2021 through Q4 2021 | 0.002%
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading <span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Average Annual Total Returns</span><span style="color:#39A872;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> periods ended 12/31/21</span>
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock For the Fund’s 7-day yield, call 800.258.3030.*Performance information for the Fund reflects its investment as a money market fund advised by Homestead Advisers (without a subadviser) through April 30, 2021.
Money Market Seven Day Yield, Caption [Text] rr_MoneyMarketSevenDayYieldCaption <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">For the Fund’s 7-day yield</span>
Money Market Seven Day Yield Phone rr_MoneyMarketSevenDayYieldPhone <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">800.258.3030</span>
Daily Income Fund | Daily Income Fund  
Risk Return Abstract rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Sales Charge on Purchases rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Deferred Sales Charge on Redemptions rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Sales Charge on Reinvested Dividends rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Exchange Fee rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.40% [1]
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.27%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.69%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.09%) [2],[3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.60% [2],[3],[4]
1 YR rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 61
3 YR rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 212
5 YR rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 375
10 YR rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 850
2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 0.01%
2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 0.01%
2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 0.01%
2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 0.01%
2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 0.01%
2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 0.18%
2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 1.08%
2019 rr_AnnualReturn2019 1.43%
2020 rr_AnnualReturn2020 0.19%
2021 rr_AnnualReturn2021 0.01%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;">Best Quarters:</span>
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2019
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 0.41%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;">Worst Quarters:</span>
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2021
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn 0.002%
1 YR rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 0.01%
5 YR rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.58% [5]
10 YR rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 0.29% [5]
[1] Restated to reflect current Management Fees.
[2] Homestead Advisers has contractually agreed, through at least April 30, 2023, to limit the Fund's operating expenses to an amount not to exceed 0.60%. Operating expenses exclude interest; taxes; brokerage commissions; other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business; and acquired fund fees and expenses such as the fees and expenses associated with an investment in (i) an investment company or (ii) any company that would be an investment company under Section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), but for the exceptions to that definition provided for in Sections 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. This waiver agreement will terminate immediately upon termination of the Fund's Management Agreement and may be terminated by the Fund or Homestead Advisers with one year's notice.
[3] Homestead Advisers has voluntarily and temporarily agreed to waive fees or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to assist the Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield. Homestead Advisers may revise, renew, or discontinue this voluntary waiver at any time. There is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain a positive yield.
[4] Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses shown here differ from the expense ratios shown in the Financial Highlights on page 79 because the expenses shown on this page include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and amounts shown in the Financial Highlights do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and because the expenses shown on this page reflect a contractual expense limit of 0.60% and no voluntary waiver, while the amounts shown in the Financial Highlights reflect the voluntary waiver.
[5] Performance information for the Fund reflects its investment as a money market fund advised by Homestead Advisers (without a subadviser) through April 30, 2021.