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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jan. 27, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]        
Unrecognized tax benefits $ 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits      
Income tax examination Federal and state tax returns for the 2011 through 2014 tax years are subject to examination      
Income tax examination in process No state income tax return examinations are currently in process.      
SASCO [Member]        
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]        
Deferred tax asset       4,900,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= wsfs_SascoMember
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance     4,900,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= wsfs_SascoMember
 
Deferred tax liabilities       1,800,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= wsfs_SascoMember
Income tax benefit   6,700,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= wsfs_SascoMember
   
SASCO [Member] | Eliminated [Member]        
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]        
Deferred tax liabilities     $ 1,800,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= wsfs_SascoMember
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= wsfs_EliminationsMember