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Credit Quality - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Minimum days for discontinue of accrual interest on commercial and consumer loan	90 days
Maximum days for discontinue of accrual interest on commercial and consumer loan	120 days
Minimum number of days required for special mention	30 days
Maximum number of days required for special mention	89 days
Number of days required for substandard	90 days
OREO	$ 1,475	$ 327
Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loans	84	795
Modification additional funds recorded investment	$ 1,386	$ 1,199
Description of Credit Risk Exposure	For United’s loans with a corporate credit exposure, United analyzes loans individually to classify the loans as to credit risk. Review and analysis of criticized (special mention-rated loans in the amount of $1,000 or greater) and classified (substandard-rated and worse in the amount of $500 and greater) loans is completed once per quarter. Review of notes with committed exposure of $3,000 or greater is completed at least annually.

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Description of the sources of credit risk exposure faced by the entity.

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