Loans - Summary Of Troubled Debt Restructuring (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Relationships \| contract	13	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 10,909	$ 556
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 10,409	$ 556
Commercial mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Relationships \| contract	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 6,300
Commercial mortgage \| Substandard
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Relationships \| contract	3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 8,957
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 8,457
One-to-four family residential mortgage \| Substandard
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Relationships \| contract	8	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,889	$ 556
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,889	$ 556
One-to-four family residential mortgage \| Pass
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Relationships \| contract	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 20
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 20
Home equity and lines of credit \| Substandard
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Relationships \| contract	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 43
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 43

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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