Cover	12 Months Ended
Cover	Dec. 31, 2024
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	DEF 14A
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001778784

Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Dec. 31, 2023

Dec. 31, 2022

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table

Pay Versus Performance

In accordance with rules adopted by the SEC pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, we provide the following disclosure regarding executive “compensation actually paid” (“CAP”) to each of our Principal Executive Officers (“PEO”) and to our Non-PEO NEOs and certain Company performance for the fiscal years listed below. The disclosure follows SEC guidelines for smaller reporting companies.

The Pay versus Performance table below summarizes the compensation values both previously reported in our Summary Compensation Table, as well as the adjusted values required in this section for the 2024, 2023 and 2022 calendar years.

Year	Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO David P. Mansfield ($)(1)		Summary Compensation Table Total for Carol L. Houle ($)(1)		Summary Compensation Table Total for Joseph B. Reilly ($)(1)		Compensation Actually Paid to PEO David P. Mansfield ($)(1)(3)			Compensation Actually Paid to Carol L. Houle ($)(1)(3)			Compensation Actually Paid to Joseph B. Reilly ($)(1)(3)
2024		n/a		673,100		588,787		n/a			367,688			597,148
2023		n/a		670,354		646,538		n/a			841,528			702,951
2022		2,099,117		357,768		n/a		(852,242	)		(607,535	)		n/a

Year	Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs ($)(2)		Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non- PEO NEOs ($)(2)(3)			Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based on Total Shareholder Return		Net Income (in millions) ($)
2024		561,701		590,853			$61.76		7.3
2023		631,467		688,814			$54.55		11.0
2022		269,065		(8,643	)		$39.44		(21.5	)

(1)	Carol L. Houle was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer on December 20, 2022, and served as a PEO through February 9, 2024. Concurrently, Joseph B. Reilly assumed the role of sole Chief Executive Officer on February 9, 2024. David P. Mansfield served as the Company’s PEO through December 20, 2022.
(2)	Joseph Mancini served as a Non-PEO NEO for the three years covered in the table, and Kenneth R. Fisher was a Non-PEO NEO during 2024 calendar year, he was not employed at the Company in 2022 or 2023.
(3)	The dollar amounts reported represent CAP, as calculated in accordance with SEC rules. See table below.

PEO Total Compensation Amount

$ 588,787

$ 646,538

$ 0

PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount

$ 597,148

702,951

Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote

Calculation of Compensation Actually Paid (CAP). To calculate the CAP to our PEOs and Non-PEO NEOs in the table above according to SEC reporting rules, the following adjustments were made to Total Compensation as reported in the Summary Compensation Table for calendar year 2024.

	2024
	Carol L. Houle		Joseph B. Reilly		Average Non- PEO NEOs
Total Compensation from Summary Compensation Table	$	673,100	$	588,787	$	561,701
Adjustments for Equity Awards
Adjustment for grant date values in the Summary Compensation Table		—		—		(146,559	)
Year-end fair value of unvested awards granted in the current year		—		—		167,760
Year-over-year difference of year-end fair values for unvested awards granted in prior years		—		5,312		13,237
Fair values at vest date for awards granted and vested in current year		—		—		—
Difference in fair values between prior year-end fair values and vest date fair values for awards granted in prior years		—		3,049		(5,286)
Forfeitures during current year equal to prior year-end fair value		(305,412)		—		—
Dividends or dividend equivalents not otherwise included in total compensation		—		—		—
Total Adjustments for Equity Awards		(305,412)		8,361		29,152
Compensation Actually Paid (as calculated)	$	367,688	$	597,148	$	590,853

Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount

$ 561,701

631,467

269,065

Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount

$ 590,853

688,814

(8,643)

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return

Pay Versus Performance: Graphical Description. The following graphs present the relationship during 2024, 2023, and 2022 between compensation “actually paid” as defined by SEC rule and shown above) for the Chief Executive Officers and other NEOs on an average basis.

Relationship Between Compensation Actually Paid and the Company’s Total Shareholder Return