Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Accrued interest excluded from carrying value	$ 167
Allowance for mortgage loan losses	76	$ 76
Rabbi Trust \| Other Assets \| Level 2
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash surrender value	$ 9,567

Fair value portion of the amount that could be realized under a life insurance contract or contracts owned by the entity, commonly known as corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) or bank-owned life insurance (BOLI).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of accrued interest on financing receivable.

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Amount excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable.

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