Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Hierarchy Table - Nonrecurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value Disclosures
Other real estate owned	$ 711	$ 1,161
Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	1,998	1,322
Other real estate owned	711	1,161
Commercial and industrial	2,709	2,483
Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
Other real estate owned	0	0
Commercial and industrial	0	0
Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
Other real estate owned	0	0
Commercial and industrial	0	0
Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	1,998	1,322
Other real estate owned	711	1,161
Commercial and industrial	2,709	2,483
Commercial and industrial \| Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	1,028	313
Commercial and industrial \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
Commercial and industrial \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
Commercial and industrial \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	1,028	313
Franchise \| Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans		168
Franchise \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans		0
Franchise \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans		0
Franchise \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans		168
Commercial owner occupied \| Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	486	536
Commercial owner occupied \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
Commercial owner occupied \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
Commercial owner occupied \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	486	536
Commercial non-owner occupied \| Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans		214
Commercial non-owner occupied \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans		0
Commercial non-owner occupied \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans		0
Commercial non-owner occupied \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans		214
SBA \| Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	329
SBA \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0
SBA \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0
SBA \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	329
One-to-four family \| Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	137	70
One-to-four family \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
One-to-four family \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
One-to-four family \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	137	70
Land \| Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	18	21
Land \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
Land \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	0	0
Land \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Collateral dependent impaired loans	18	21
Other real estate owned land \| Non-recurring basis
Fair Value Disclosures
Other real estate owned	711	1,161
Other real estate owned land \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair Value Disclosures
Other real estate owned	0	0
Other real estate owned land \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 2
Fair Value Disclosures
Other real estate owned	0	0
Other real estate owned land \| Non-recurring basis \| Level 3
Fair Value Disclosures
Other real estate owned	$ 711	$ 1,161

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