Investment Securities (Details 2) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Investments	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Investments
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	43	26
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 53,041	$ 28,663
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 995	$ 174
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments	28	10
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	$ 27,586	$ 9,466
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 886	$ 117
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	71	36
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 80,627	$ 38,129
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 1,881	$ 291
Corporate bonds [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	1
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 2,188
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 10
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	1
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 2,188
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 10
US treasuries [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	1
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 992
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 7
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	1
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 992
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 7
US government agencies [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	7	3
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 9,831	$ 2,992
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 173	$ 8
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments	4
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	$ 3,837
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 163
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	11	3
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 13,668	$ 2,992
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 336	$ 8
SBA securities [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments		1
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value		$ 484
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses		$ 19
Number of investments, Total \| Investments		1
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total		$ 484
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total		$ 19
State and political subdivisions [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	9	8
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 7,821	$ 4,861
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 193	$ 30
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments	6
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	$ 2,909
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 67
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	15	8
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 10,730	$ 4,861
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 260	$ 30
Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 1,751
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 9
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments	2	6
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	$ 1,717	$ 6,998
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 7	$ 73
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	4	6
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 3,468	$ 6,998
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 16	$ 73
Mortgage-backed securities [Member] \| FHLMC [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	10	4
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 13,705	$ 5,313
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 303	$ 47
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments	4
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	$ 4,644
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 192
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	14	4
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 18,349	$ 5,313
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 495	$ 47
Mortgage-backed securities [Member] \| FNMA [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	11	9
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 16,098	$ 11,659
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 296	$ 66
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments	9	3
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	$ 11,264	$ 1,984
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 364	$ 25
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	20	12
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 27,362	$ 13,643
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 660	$ 91
Mortgage-backed securities [Member] \| GNMA [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months \| Investments	2	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 655	$ 3,838
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 4	$ 23
Number of investments, 12 months or longer \| Investments	3
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	$ 3,215
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 93
Number of investments, Total \| Investments	5	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	$ 3,870	$ 3,838
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 97	$ 23

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