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Investment Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Trading securities $ 0us-gaap_TradingSecurities    
Securities pledged as collateral 423,900,000us-gaap_SecuritiesReceivedAsCollateral   470,400,000us-gaap_SecuritiesReceivedAsCollateral
FHLB pledged investment securities 0us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedSecuritiesForFederalHomeLoanBank   0us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedSecuritiesForFederalHomeLoanBank
Proceeds from sale of investment securities 37,400,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 37,800,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities  
Gains from sale of investment securities 451,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains 578,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains  
Losses from sale of investment securities 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses  
Unamortized premiums 22,500,000wsfs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesUnamortizedPremium   22,400,000wsfs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesUnamortizedPremium
Unaccreted discounts 66,000wsfs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesUnamortizedDiscount   188,000wsfs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesUnamortizedDiscount
Held-to-maturity securities, unrealized loss     0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
Owned investment securities 206,438,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue   330,754,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue
Total unrealized losses on securities 1,435,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss   3,594,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
Mortgage-Backed Securities ("MBS") [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Weighted average duration of MBS portfolio 3 years 9 months 18 days    
OTTI on evaluation of securities 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsAvailableforsaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
  0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsAvailableforsaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_AssetsAndAssociatedLiabilitiesAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Bond [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Fair market value of investment     1,300,000us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedAtFairValue
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateBondSecuritiesMember
Municipal Securities [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Number of securities transferred from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity     161wsfs_NumberOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesTransfersToHeldToMaturity
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= wsfs_MunicipalSecuritiesMember
Securities transferred from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity, Fair value     $ 124,900,000wsfs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesTransferredToHeldToMaturitySecuritiesFairValue
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= wsfs_MunicipalSecuritiesMember