ESOP Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
ESOP Plan
Number of common stock purchased by ESOP (in shares)	1,493,679
Purchase price of common stock	$ 1.59
Total cost of shares purchased by ESOP	$ 2,400
Loan to ESOP	$ 1,200
Term of ESOP loan (in years)	20 years
Compensation expense		$ 25	$ 19	$ 47	$ 45
Unearned ESOP shares	$ 1,176	$ 1,133		$ 1,133
Shares committed to be released		26,750		26,750
Summary of shares held by the ESOP
Allocated to participants	1,114,683	1,114,683		1,114,683
Suspense shares	739,748	739,748		739,748
Total ESOP shares	1,854,431	1,854,431		1,854,431
Fair value of unearned shares	$ 1,213	$ 1,512		$ 1,512

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Represents the term of the ESOP loan.

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The amount of plan compensation cost recognized during the period.

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Fair value of unearned shares held by the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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The shares or units in an ESOP trust that have been assigned to individual participant accounts based on a known formula. IRS rules require allocations to be nondiscriminatory generally based on compensation, length of service, or a combination of both. For any particular participant such shares or units may be vested, unvested, or partially vested.

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The shares that, although not legally released, will be released by a future scheduled and committed debt service payment and will be allocated to employees for service rendered in the current accounting period. The ESOP documents typically define the period of service to which the shares relate. ESOP shares are released to compensate employees directly, to settle employer liabilities for other employee benefits, and to replace dividends on allocated shares that are used for debt service.

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Shares contributed to the ESOP that have not yet been released, committed to be released, or allocated to participant accounts. Suspense shares generally collateralize ESOP debt.

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This item represents the number of shares provided to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) during the period.

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Sum of the allocated, committed-to-be-released and suspense shares of the entity held by the plan.

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Weighted average purchase price of capital shares purchased through an employee stock ownership plan.

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The cash outflow to finance the entity's defined contribution plan to acquire shares of the entity. The plan initially holds the shares in a suspense account, which is collateral for the loan. As the plan makes payment on the debt, the shares are released from the suspense account and become available to be allocated to participant accounts.

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Aggregate value of stock issued during the period as a result of employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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Fair value of unearned shares for all classes of common stock and nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) held by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Includes the sale of shares or the issuance treasury shares to an ESOP.

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