5 ways coronavirus is changing millennials' money habits more than any other generation

Millennials are also cutting back on in-person shopping trips — 39% said they're shopping less frequently in stores, compared to 30% of overall respondents, reported Thomas, citing the First Insight survey. And 30% said they're shopping more frequently online instead, compared to 21% of respondents across all age ranges.

That includes online grocery shopping, which has seen an uptick in demand thanks to coronavirus.

Consider online grocery ordering service FreshDirect, which said it's seeing an increase in orders from both new and existing customers, Thomas reported. "Our data leads us to believe customers are preparing more meals at home, and are consuming more fresh and organic food to stay healthy," Chief Merchandising Officer Scott Crawford said in a statement Thursday.

Thirty percent of millennial respondents in the First Insight survey also said they're taking advantage of curbside pickup.

Coronavirus has spurred the rise of no-contact food delivery, Hilary Russ reported for Reuters. Instead, delivery drivers are leaving meals on doorsteps and orderers are texting their drivers pictures of where they want their food dropped off, she wrote. Delivery apps Postmates and DoorDash are both rolling out contactlesss delivery.

However, as the coronavirus spreads, worries over contaminated food and a scarcity of drivers in the event of a quarantine could put delivery app usage on the decline, Sibile Marcellus reported for Yahoo.

While many people are canceling, rescheduling, or changing trips, millennials are taking advantage of cheap flights, reported Ben Kesslen for NBC.

In a time when coronavirus has decimated air travel, airlines are dropping prices and offering flexible ticket policies to some locations. The 20-somethings Kesslen spoke with said they want to capitalize on this for various reasons: to explore new destinations, enjoy a vacation, or see family.

"I feel like if the coronavirus would get even more serious and like wipe out a large amount of people, I might as well be somewhere having fun," Ashley Henkel, a 20-something who booked flights to Vancouver, New York City, and Portland, Oregon, for the summer told Kesslen.

Nearly half of insured Americans think they can't afford to get sick with coronavirus, according to a Healthcare.com and YouGov poll. But younger people are more concerned about paying for coronavirus treatment and testing than older people.

Of those ages 18 to 34, 35% aren't confident they could deal with costs compared to 24% of those ages 55 and older, according to additional poll data Healthcare.com provided to Business Insider.

That might explain why respondents between age 18 and 34 are five times more likely than those who are 55 and older (24% vs. 4%) to borrow money from family members to afford coronavirus costs. They're also more likely to put costs on their credit card, but only by three percentage points more.