Investment Securities - Amortized Cost and Estimated Fair Value of Investment Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Totals, amortized cost	$ 199,065	$ 205,230
Gross Unrealized Gains, Debt investment securities	957	1,105
Gross Unrealized Losses, Debt investment securities	(13,243)	(14,815)
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt investment securities	186,779	191,520
Amortized cost, equity securities	206	206
Gross Unrealized Gains, Equity investment securities	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses, Equity investment securities	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity investment securities	206	206
Total investment securities, amortized cost basis	199,271	205,436
Gross Unrealized Gains	957	1,105
Gross Unrealized Losses	(13,243)	(14,815)
Estimated Fair Value	186,985	191,726
Total	201,666
Less: Allowance for credit losses	450
Total available-for-sale	201,216	194,402
Held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	27	6
Held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(12,071)	(12,917)
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Fair Value	189,622	181,491
US Treasury, Agencies and GSEs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Totals, amortized cost	44,212	32,533
Gross Unrealized Gains, Debt investment securities	353	37
Gross Unrealized Losses, Debt investment securities	(3,003)	(3,206)
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt investment securities	41,562	29,364
Total available-for-sale	3,842	3,852
Held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0	0
Held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(265)	(280)
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Fair Value	3,577	3,572
State and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Totals, amortized cost	35,264	48,002
Gross Unrealized Gains, Debt investment securities	23	384
Gross Unrealized Losses, Debt investment securities	(2,303)	(3,001)
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt investment securities	32,984	45,385
Total available-for-sale	15,859	15,211
Held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	12	0
Held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(1,865)	(2,340)
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Fair Value	14,006	12,871
Corporate [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Totals, amortized cost	11,542	11,803
Gross Unrealized Gains, Debt investment securities	581	676
Gross Unrealized Losses, Debt investment securities	(595)	(650)
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt investment securities	11,528	11,829
Total available-for-sale	45,577	45,086
Held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	5	2
Held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(2,703)	(2,586)
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Fair Value	42,879	42,502
Asset Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Totals, amortized cost	15,423	16,059
Gross Unrealized Gains, Debt investment securities	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses, Debt investment securities	(585)	(659)
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt investment securities	14,838	15,400
Total available-for-sale	18,667	19,158
Held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0	0
Held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(1,073)	(1,291)
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Fair Value	17,594	17,867
Residential Mortgage-Backed - US Agency [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Totals, amortized cost	17,439	17,982
Gross Unrealized Gains, Debt investment securities	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses, Debt investment securities	(1,267)	(1,582)
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt investment securities	16,172	16,400
Total available-for-sale	7,416	7,489
Held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	3	0
Held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(636)	(739)
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Fair Value	6,783	6,750
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - US Agency [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Totals, amortized cost	10,275	13,070
Gross Unrealized Gains, Debt investment securities	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses, Debt investment securities	(1,015)	(1,362)
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt investment securities	9,260	11,708
Total available-for-sale	14,843	15,109
Held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0	0
Held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(1,192)	(1,251)
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Fair Value	13,651	13,858
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Private Label [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Totals, amortized cost	64,910	65,781
Gross Unrealized Gains, Debt investment securities	0	8
Gross Unrealized Losses, Debt investment securities	(4,475)	(4,355)
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt investment securities	60,435	61,434
Total available-for-sale	95,462	88,497
Held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	7	4
Held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(4,337)	(4,430)
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Fair Value	91,132	84,071
Mutual funds Common Stock Financial Services Industry [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized cost, equity securities	206	206
Gross Unrealized Gains, Equity investment securities	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses, Equity investment securities	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity investment securities	$ 206	$ 206

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