20 community banks with the highest returns on average assets through June

The top five community banks in our ranking averaged a return on average assets of 7.14% in the 12 months ending June 30, 2023, with the leading bank having a return on average assets of 9.73%. 

Scroll through to see which community banks were in the top 20 and how they fared through June 30.

American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Cumberland Security Bank_20.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Grant County State Bank_19.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_First Bank Illinois_18.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_First Federal Savings and Loan _17.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Bank of Texas_16.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_American Interstate Bank_15.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Central Bank of Kansas City_14.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_First Bank_13.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Nebraska State Bank_12.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_FinWise Bank_11.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Peoples State Bank_10.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Security State Bank of Kenyon_9.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_First National Bank and Trust_8.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Peoples Bank_7.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_State Bank of Cochran_6.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_First Credit Bank_5.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_First National Bank of Hughes Springs_4.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Luminate Bank_3.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Native American Bank_2.jpg
American Banker_banks-highest returns avg assets_Franklin State Bank_1.jpg
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