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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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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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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The floor of a customized range of exercise prices for purposes of disclosing shares potentially issuable under outstanding stock option awards on all stock option plans and other required information pertaining to awards in the customized range.

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The ceiling of a customized range of exercise prices for purposes of disclosing shares potentially issuable under outstanding stock option awards on all stock option plans and other required information pertaining to awards in the customized range.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term for option awards outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number, before forfeiture, of shares issued under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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Number of share options (or share units) exercised during the current period.

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Amount of noncash expense for option under share-based payment arrangement.

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Stock Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Apr. 22, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise price, min	$ 17.93
Exercise price, max	$ 36.02
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 269	$ 214
Future compensation expense of non-vested restricted stock outstanding	1,294	953
Unrecognized Salaries And Employee Benefits Expense	$ 382	$ 269
Options, Granted	38,000	43,500
Compensation expense related to stock options	$ 269	$ 214
Share price	$ 33.44	$ 25.99
Options, Exercised in Period	34,425	22,420
Remaining Life, Years	6 years 9 months 18 days
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options, Exercised in Period	1,650
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 372	$ 335
Non-vested stock outstanding	44,460	32,030	39,135
Officer [Member] \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares increased (decreased)	60,000
Officer [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares increased (decreased)	40,000
Director [Member] \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares increased (decreased)	40,000
Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares increased (decreased)	30,000
Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options, Exercised in Period	1,650	22,420
Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized				375,000
Shares available for awards	117,035
Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized				63,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	5 years
Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Officer [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for awards	71,010
Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Officer [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for awards	28,575
Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Outside Directors [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized				60,000
Shares available for awards	46,025
Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Outside Directors [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized				12,000
Shares available for awards	18,725
Amended Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options and restricted stock, granted	357,966
Amended Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Officer [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized	62,700
Options and restricted stock, granted	74,125
Shares increased (decreased)	(300)
Amended Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Outside Directors [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized	32,300
Options and restricted stock, granted	43,575
Shares increased (decreased)	20,300
Amended Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options and restricted stock, granted			229,866
Amended Norwood Financial Corp 2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Director [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options and restricted stock, granted			10,400